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Condition Spotlight:

Use This Guide to Diagnosing Stenosis

Published on Fri Oct 07, 2022

Symptoms typically include pain in spine, extremities. Patients who need treatment for spinal stenosis are the type of patients you might see a lot in the orthopedist’s office. Why? Your orthopedist will need to diagnose and treat the condition, which can take several steps, attempts, patient visits — and CPT® codes. That’s where the coder comes in. Failure to grasp [...]
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