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Follow 5 Steps to Ensure You Cover All Aspects of Spinal Catheter Coding

Published on Wed Dec 24, 2014

Hint: Code for tunneled vs non-tunneled approach; check for follow-up. Coding for spinal catheters may pose a challenge if you don’t know the specifics (such as the approach and catheter handling) to search for in the clinical note. The next time your pain management specialist implants a spinal catheter for a patient who needs long-term intrathecal or epidural infusions, follow [...]
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