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Brush Up on Spinal Puncture With 2 Clinical Examples

Published on Tue Dec 05, 2023

Know when diagnostic puncture turns surgical. Last month, we discussed the issue of spinal punctures and the coding conventions surrounding the procedure. This month, we’re going to put the elements of that discussion into action with a pair of clinical coding examples involving spinal punctures. Diagnostic Spinal Puncture To get an idea of how a diagnostic spinal puncture scenario might [...]
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