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Turn Rotator Cuff Fixes Into Coding Gold

Published on Mon Jun 06, 2022

Know how your provider might diagnose, treat these injuries. When your orthopedist treats a patient with a rotator cuff (RC) injury, there will be a lot for the coder to untangle. There will be separate codes for diagnosis and treatment — and don’t forget about the ICD-10 codes for symptoms and conditions that will accompany the encounter. Miss even one [...]
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