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Unlock Spinal Cage Coding With These Tips

Published on Thu Apr 11, 2013

Hint: Streamline coding by counting interspaces and not devices. You can avoid spinal cage coding traps if you readjust your focus on interspaces rather than on devices used. Free up payment for your spinal cage procedures with the following guidance. Keep a Count on Interspaces You report 22851 (Application of intervertebral biomechanical device[s] [e.g., synthetic cage[s], methylmethacrylate] to vertebral defect [...]
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