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Plantar Fasciitis: Get Off on Right Foot When Coding for Plantar Fasciitis

Published on Tue Feb 04, 2020

Remember, surgery is a last option. Patients reporting to the orthopedist with symptoms of plantar fasciitis could be subject to a wide range of treatments, both to confirm the condition and to alleviate it. There’s an order of treatment options as well, and your provider needs to follow the hierarchy of options in the proper order, or the payer might [...]
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