Neurosurgery Coding Alert

Clinical Coding Corner:

Get Back to Basics on Disc Disorder Claims

Scenario illustrates the intricacies of cervical disorder treatments. Patients who have cervical disc disorders can be a handful for neurosurgery providers. Once they figure out the patient’s condition, they have to decide how to treat it. These claims often prove difficult to pin down because they often involve multiple codes, and could include more than one visit to the provider. [...]
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