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Take 2 Steps to Perfect Your Spinal Nerve Root Injury Claims

Published on Wed Oct 07, 2020

Hint: The “A” character indicates an initial encounter. When your neurosurgeon documents a spinal nerve root injury, you must check the medical documentation for pertinent details so that you know which ICD-10-CM code to report. For example, first, you should confirm the exact spinal column area where the neurosurgeon identified the nerve root injury. You should also know the nature [...]
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