The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting. The X-STOP procedure is a minimally invasive procedure to treat lumbar spinal stenosis (crowding of ...

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Appropriateness of Coding to the Highest Reimbursing Procedure: Q&A With Stephanie Ellis of Ellis Medical Consulting CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association.

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