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Article Coding Strategies: 3 Questions You Need To Answer Before You Code Intracranial Hematomas
Article ICD-10 Update: Coding A Headache After Trauma? You Have A Huge Choice In Codes
Article NCCI Edits 18.1: Boost Your Payment For Spine Procedures
You Be the Coder: Be Specific With Assistant Surgeon Services
Reader Question: Use Unlisted Code for Shunt Reposition
Reader Question: Sacro-iliac Fusion Includes Bone Graft
Reader Question: Don’t Overlook Instrumentation in Spine Procedures
Reader Question: Code the Graft as Multiple Procedure in Cranial Repair
Reader Question: Look For Fluoroscopic Guidance with Paravertebral Injections
Reader Question: Distinguish PLIF and PL for Each Level
Reader Question: Append Modifier for Staged Procedure
Reader Question: Omit Head Rests in Surgery

Article Coding Tips: Downsize Your Craniomegalic Skull Reduction Challenges
Article ICD-10 Update: Upgrade Your Hydrocephalus Coding With These Tips
Article Modifier Basics: Strategies Help You Distinguish Between Modifiers 58 And 78
Reader Question: Do Not Report Laminectomy Code With 63655
Reader Question: Report Microdissection with Craniectomy
Reader Question: Look For Open Vs. Laparoscopic Revisions in Catheters
Reader Question: Closure of Lamina Is Bundled In 63268
You Be the Coder: Choose Craniotomy Codes Over Skull Base Codes

Article Coding Tips: Banish Occipital Nerve Injection Headaches With These Strategies
Article 2012 Update: Apply These New Instrumentation Updates For Spine Surgery
Article ICD-10 Update: Take a Sneak Peak at Correct Coding for Cerebral Emboli
Reader Question: Check Extension in Extramedullary Tumors
Reader Question: Bill Dura Leaks in Spine Surgery
Reader Question: Use Unlisted Code for Endoscopically Assisted Rhizotomy
Reader Question: Code for Both Scar Revision and Re-Exploration if Applicable
You Be the Coder: Do Not Report Fluoroscopy with Facet Injections

Article ICD-10 Update: Expect to Expand Your Coding Options for Non-meningitic Complications of Herpes Zoster
Article CPT®2012 Update: Tips Help You Ace Bone Biopsies With Vertebroplasties
Article Coding Tips: 5 Major Add-On Codes Can Ease Your Cranial Procedures Coding
Reader Question: Report Technique and Anastomosis for Moyamoya
Reader Question: Count Lumbar Levels in Laminectomy
Reader Question: Can You Report De-Rotation of Spine?
You Be the Coder: Count Incisions and Not Aneurysms

Article Coding Tips: 5 Tips Build Accuracy In Your Nerve Conduction Studies Reporting
Article 2012 Coding Update: Revamp Your Arthrodesis Coding With These 2012 Changes
Article Coding Guidelines: You Are Mistaken If You Think All ICD-9 Codes Expand Into Multiple Options.
Reader Question: Look For Location in Spinal Fusions
Reader Question: Relate Global Period to Initial Procedure
Reader Question: Do Not Report Separately For Wound Vac
Reader Question: Report 22851 When Fixation is Integral to Prosthetic Device Placement
Reader Question: Use Unlisted Code for Pin Placement in SI Joint
Reader Question: Do Not Bill Together For 63282 And 63283
You Be the Coder: Bill for Open Procedure in Paddle Placement

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