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Count Number of Muscle Groups For Accurate TPI Reporting

Published on Thu Nov 28, 2013

Question: Our FP recently performed trigger point injections to relieve muscle spasms. He performed two injections into one muscle group and another two injections into another muscle group. Should I count the muscle groups and report the TPI with 20552 or count the number of injections and report the TPI with 20553? New Orleans Subscriber Answer: When your FP performs [...]
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