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Define the where, what, and why of spinal surgery in ICD-10-PCS

Spinal surgery for hospital coders can be very challenging if they do not know the rules for assigning the correct ICD-10-PCS codes. Nancy Reading, RN, CPC, CPC-P, reviews spinal anatomy and surgical approaches, and offers tips on how to select the most appropriate characters in ICD-10-PCS.

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