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Coding Strategy:

Identify 28118 and 28119 as Possible Treatment for Successful Heel Spur Claims

Published on Wed Jun 17, 2020

Hint: Report the appropriate J-codes along with 20551 for an injection. Your podiatrist diagnoses a patient with a heel spur. As you are reading through the medical documentation for the case, you must know the exact location of the heel spur. You should also understand what a heel spur is. Read on to learn more. First, Define Heel Spurs for [...]
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