Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Correction
Published on Fri Dec 01, 2000
The October issue of Neurosurgery Coding Alert had an example of how to use an E/M code with a starred procedure. It was advised to use 99233 for hospital admission. That code should have read 99223. We apologize for the error.
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