Reader Questions: Neck Pain Different from Cervical Disc Disorder

ICD 10 Coding Alert

Reader Questions:
Neck Pain Different from Cervical Disc Disorder

Published on Mon Apr 08, 2019

Question: When a patient reports to the PM physician complaining of neck pain, what is the correct ICD-10 code for the patient? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: If the [...]

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