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Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

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Published on Tue Jan 29, 2013

Intractable epilepsy: Seizures that do not respond to antiepileptic treatment with two or more drugs when treated for 12 months or more are said to be intractable. Partial seizures: Also called focal or localization-related epilepsy, partial seizures are those that are localized to one area of the brain. Partial seizures are subdivided into simple and complex partial seizures. Simple partial [...]
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