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Trabecular Bone Scores:

Learn If Trabecular Bone Score Codes Require New Scans

Published on Tue Feb 22, 2022

Does documentation of a T-score point to a TBS code? Trabecular bone scores (TBS) provide physicians with an accurate picture of their patient’s fracture risk. Providers combine them with dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans to assess the structural quality of a patient’s bones, making TBS an ideal procedure for evaluating patients diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia. Read on to identify [...]
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