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Archive > January, 2012 Vol. XIII, No. 1

Coding & Billing

Demystifying Key Spinal Codes

Denis Rodriguez, CPC, CCS

The new year brings some welcome clarifications to the spinal discectomy and decompression codes. These changes should make it much easier to code for these types of cases.

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