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Procedure Focus:

Simplify Your Claims For Cranial Reconstruction Procedures

Published on Fri May 20, 2016

Removal, retrieval, and replacement of flap codes are as essential as primary procedure codes. Cranial bone grafts may appear complex to code. The only way to a good claim is to code for all steps of the procedure. Remember, you not only code for placement and completion of the graft procedure, you also code for the retrieval of the graft. [...]
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