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Prevent Fall Risk Counseling Coding Errors with This FAQ

Published on Fri Sep 14, 2018

IPPE, AWV, and E/M key opportunities for education. The need for fall risk prevention counseling for our elderly population is pretty evident. Stats: The National Council on Aging (NCOA) estimates that in 2010 alone “over 20,000 people 65 and older died from injuries related to unintentional falls [and] about 2.3 million people 65 and older were treated in emergency departments [...]
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