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mikaylakyoung

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When a patient is admitted for the insertion of a neurostimulator for pain control, assign the appropriate pain code as the principal or first-listed diagnosis.
 a. True
  b. False
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

If pain is not specified as acute or chronic, postthoracotomy, postprocedural, or neoplasm related, do not assign codes from category G89.
 a. True
  b. False
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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FergA

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Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

True




mikaylakyoung

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Excellent


vickyvicksss

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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