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Make ‘Back Pain’ Easier to Code

Published on Tue Feb 02, 2021

Hint: Get to know the M54.- codes. Coding accurately requires specificity, and using some terms interchangeably is a recipe for coder frustration. Check out this guide to help take the pain out of coding back pain and use these tips to better navigate M54.- (Dorsalgia) codes. Why? Providers are prone to use a lot of terms interchangeably, there are a [...]
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