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Injections:

Keep an Eye on Notes for Sure-Shot Epidural Injection Coding

Published on Mon Sep 17, 2018

Reminder: Cervical/thoracic, lumbar/sacral shots have separate codes. PM coders that file claims for patients who have back or neck pain — or several other conditions — might be using epidural injection codes. Reporting these encounters might be a little more difficult than you think. Why? There are separate codes depending on the exact anatomy of the epidural. Further, payers have [...]
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