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Neurosurgery Coding:

3 Tips Help You Collect for Spinal Osteotomies

Don’t forget to check whether the surgeon used an anterior or posterior approach. When your surgeon performs an osteotomy, you not only have multiple codes to choose from, but you’ll also need to consider which other services are separately billable along with it. Miscoding these services could cost you significantly, considering the fact that Medicare and most other payers reimburse [...]
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