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Don't Squeeze These Codes for Trigger Point Injections

Published on Wed Sep 13, 2017

Follow these dos and don'ts for accurate TPI documentation. They have many causes: sports injuries, bad posture, even stress and tension. They can occur in anyone, at any time. They are trigger points, and your provider has probably treated patients who suffer from them by administering trigger point injections (TPIs). Yet even though TPIs are common procedures, TPI coding presents [...]
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