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Neurosurgery Coding Alert

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Use Modifier 22 With Caution

Published on Tue Jan 05, 2021

Question: My neurosurgeon planned to remove a patient’s intraventricular colloid cyst using neuroendoscopy. According to the medical documentation, during the procedure, my surgeon encountered significant venous bleeding that made endoscopic visualization impossible to control the bleeding and complete removal of the cyst. So, he converted to a craniotomy to achieve better visualization, control the bleeding, and complete removal of the [...]
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