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Bone Up on the Differences Between Discography and Decompression Before Assigning Codes

Published on Tue Jan 14, 2020

Hint: One procedure is diagnostic; the other is therapeutic. Discography and disc decompression are two common options when pain management specialists are attempting to pinpoint or alleviate certain back conditions. However, although the terms might sound similar, the procedures are distinctly different — which means you need to know how to differentiate the services to code correctly when an op [...]
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