Neurosurgery Coding Alert
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Never Report 63267 and 63017 Together
Published on Mon Oct 03, 2011
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Look For Levels of Reinsertion of Spinal Devices
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Look At What the Surgeon Did To Decompress the Brachial Plexus
Question: If our surgeon does an exploration and decompression of the right brachial plexus, resection [...] - Reader Question:
Never Report 63267 and 63017 Together
Question: Can we bill together 63267 (Laminectomy for excision or evacuation of intraspinal lesion other [...] - Reader Question:
Look Who Does the Intraoperative Monitoring
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Watch Timing for Cervical Traction
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