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Build Basis For Occipital and Trigeminal Nerve Anatomy

Published on Mon Jan 11, 2016

You will come across three distinct sets of occipital nerves in the body, so you’ll need to know that which one in specific your physician is treating. You report distinct codes for procedures on each nerve. Coding connection: To get to the right code, you should know the origin of the nerves, the structures these nerves supply and their distribution, [...]
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