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Know Code Combos to Dodge EMG/NCS Coding Troubles

Published on Mon Jul 05, 2021

Do you know which NCS code you’ll report with EMG of extremity? Patients reporting to your practice for an electromyography (EMG) of the extremities with nerve conduction study (NCS) can be unnerving for coders unprepared for the claim. The study includes two codes, each of which comes from a different code set. Get one (or both) of these codes wrong [...]
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