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Listen Up: These Stereotactic Coding Missteps Could Cost You

Published on Fri May 18, 2018

Remember the differences between 61790, 61791. When your neurologist uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets in the body, you will often flip to the stereotactic CPT®  codes. Following a minimally invasive stereotactic procedure, the neurologist may then attempt a biopsy, ablation, injection, stimulation, implantation, or a radiosurgery. As you might infer, this can lead to any number [...]
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