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Neurosurgery Coding:

Assessing Patient for TBI

Published on Fri Oct 25, 2024

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the neurosurgeon treated a new patient who had just suffered a head injury after colliding with a street sign on a skateboard the day before. The surgeon performed an evaluation and management (E/M) service to ask the patient about how the injury happened, their symptoms, and time elapsed since the accident. The surgeon also tested the [...]
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