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mikaylakyoung

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on: Jun 27, 2018
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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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

True


mikaylakyoung

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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