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Post-op Management:

Remember These 4 Points Before Reporting Post-op Pain Management

Published on Mon Oct 06, 2014

Documentation of your provider’s role is crucial. Surgeons normally provide postoperative pain management themselves, but sometimes they request help from an anesthesiologist because of particular circumstances. This is especially true for procedures such as arthroscopic shoulder surgery because the post-op management is more involved than the surgeon normally handles. Read on for four key points to watch before submitting a [...]
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