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Orthopedic Coding Alert
2019 Newsletter
Reader Question: Write Off Risk Level Concerns With This Advice
Orthopedic Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Write Off Risk Level Concerns With This Advice
Published on Tue May 07, 2019
Question: I’m trying to determine the level of risk in the following encounter: a patient received an acute sprain of the back and another of [...]
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