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Heighten Your Chance to Heel Spur Treatment Claim Success With This Advice

Published on Fri Jan 22, 2016

Rule out fracture, and check for casts and orthotic devices. If you’re reporting heel spur excision as a lone procedure, you could be leaving money on the table. Your surgeon may be doing more than just an excision and not capturing those services means lost pay. Let the advice that follows guide you to accurate and complete claims. You report [...]
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