Coding is a very detail-oriented process; however, certain surgical specialties require more documentation for procedures than others. Pain management, due to a high concentration of workers’ ...

Ambulatory surgery centers are on the front lines of the nation’s chronic pain epidemic. An estimated 100 million Americans live in chronic pain, a condition that is expected to cost as much as $635 ...

Richard Mann, CCA: Generally, in order for me to code pain management injections, I need to see in the operative report the route that the needle took and the final position of that needle, the spinal ...