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Adopt These Winning Strategies to Finesse Your Wrist Arthroscopy Coding

Published on Fri Apr 26, 2013

Do not miss the repair when your surgeon does one. You’ll stand a better chance of acing your wrist arthroscopy reporting if you’ve clear on your surgeon’s visualization, lavage, and synovectomy services. See the examples below on identifying these and other needed specifics in the operative note so that you’ll arrive at the right code. Confirm the Diagnostic Intent You [...]
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