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Diagnosis Deep Dive:

Get the Lowdown on New Low Back Pain Codes

Published on Mon Nov 07, 2022

Check in on coding this tricky condition. Coding low back pain can be a challenge because you need a lot of information to select the most appropriate diagnosis code. On top of that, there are three new codes from the M54.5- (Low back pain) family in ICD-10 2022. Consider this guidance and boost your coding specificity. Distinguish Pain As Vertebrogenic [...]
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