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ICD-10 Update:

New Neurostimulator Z-Code, Cervical Disc Disorder Revisions Top Neurosurgery ICD-10 Options

Published on Tue Jul 16, 2019

Presence of a sacral nerve neurostimulator will be included under code Z96.82. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out how these new codes and revisions will impact your neurosurgery practice’s bottom line. Dial Into Mid-Cervical Disc Disorder and Cyclical Vomiting Revisions [...]
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