MedAbbrev, now by innoviHealth, has been the industry standard for medical abbreviations and acronyms since 1983. Quick and easy access for hospitals, providers, coders, transcriptionists, students and researchers to over 75,000 entries. With clear and accurate standardization that is always current, medical professionals can reduce the chance of error stemming from misunderstood abbreviations.
Here’s one coding rule you can cross out of your 2012 CPT manual: Go ahead and delete the parenthetical note under 29827(arthroscopic rotator cuff repair) instructing you to append modifier 51 (multiple procedures) to 29826.
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