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Diagnosis M51.16 Covers the Symptoms of M51.26

Published on Fri Apr 12, 2019

Question: A payer has denied our claim for a pain management office visit with the reason “Missing/Incomplete/Invalid principal diagnosis.” One of the billers is telling [...]
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