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For patients with moderate to severe chronic pain in the trunk or limbs, spinal cord stimulation has been shown to yield significant long-term results, including a reduction in narcotic intake and improvement in patient activity levels and quality of life. If you're already doing pain cases at your facility, adding spinal cord stimulation should be relatively easy. It doesn't require an additional capital equipment purchase, it's not a very labor-intensive procedure and if the patient has appropriate insurance coverage, the considerable costs associated with the device are covered. Spinal cord stimulation is a delicate procedure that requires the coordination of physicians, careful patient selection, and management and close attention to detail from your coders.
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