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Let This Chart Help Decipher Vertebral Anatomy Terms

Published on Wed Mar 28, 2007

Match the site to the documentation and you-ll choose the right code every time

If you have trouble linking the neurosurgeon's documentation to the accurate vertebral diagnosis codes, use this drawing of a cervical vertebra to locate the site that your surgeon addressed, and match that to a sampling (though not a complete list) of applicable ICD-9 codes.
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