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Neurosurgery Coding Alert

Coding Strategy:

Follow These 5 Key Tips For Flawless Shunting Claims

Published on Sat Dec 17, 2016

You can earn for evaluation, revision, irrigation, and radiological supervision. When your neurosurgeon attempts a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tap, you have a clearly defined code (61070), but what isn't clearly defined is all the services your neurosurgeon may have provided, including an evaluation of the shunt. Plus, you might be mystified by what a shunt revision or irrigation means. Don't scratch [...]
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