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Epidural Management:

Know Your Anatomy to Better Understand Spinal Epidurals

Published on Thu Jun 13, 2013

Tip: Diagnosis can point you to the correct epidural code. One of the most important things to understand when you code epidurals is exactly where the provider places the needle. Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting in Franklin, Tenn., shares her insights on spinal anatomy so you can follow the placement and diagnosis to the correct procedure code. [...]
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