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3 Steps to Sharpen Your Skills For Strapping Codes

Published on Fri Apr 26, 2013

Hint: Checking materials helps your claims. A simple treatment like strapping could really get you entangled if you’re not clear on some coding fundamentals. Take these three steps to strapping coding success.  Step 1: Understand Una Boot, Buddy Tape Definitions Before you go ahead and assign a code for strapping, you’ll need to understand how your payer defines strapping. “Generally, [...]
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