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CPT® Coding:

Back Up Decompression/Discography Claims With Coding Knowledge

Published on Mon Feb 15, 2021

Do you know which of these procedures is diagnostic? Though they are situated right next to each other in the CPT® manual, disc decompression and discography are very different procedures. How? For starters, one is diagnostic and the other is surgical. Also, you might be able to code for separate services in certain situations with these codes — but you have to [...]
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