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• 2 Back to Basics: 4 FAQs Help You Pick Accurate ICD-9 Codes

• 3 Does Your Surgeon Write a Full Radiologic Report? Find Out

• 4 Correction: Posterior Tibial Nerve Blocks Count as Regional Anesthesia

• 5 Guest Column: Tammy Tipton -- Know Your QIC From Your ALJ If You Plan to File Appeals This Year

• 6 Take 4 Steps to Appeals Success in 2006

• 7 Reader Questions: Screw Insertion May Fall Under Unlisted

• 8 Reader Questions: Several Views, but Only 2 Codes

• 9 Reader Questions: Power Your PMD Prescriptions With G0372

• 10 Reader Questions: Report Hemilaminectomy Separate From Fusion

• 11 Reader Questions: Avoid Modifier 21 With E/Ms

• 12 You Be the Coder: Check Insurer's Drug Discard Policy