Podcast - Do you have all the right Dental resources needed to succeed in Dental Medical Billing and Coding?
August 27th, 2020 - InnoventrumCategories: Dental Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Listen to this Podcast - A Discussion between innoviHealth CEO, LaMont Leavitt and Guest speaker, Christine Taxin who is an Adjunct professor at New York University, and President of Dental Medical Billing and Links2Success about making sure you have all the right Dental resources needed to succeed in Dental Medical Billing and Coding.
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Mar 10th, 2021 - NCS777@GMAIL.COM
Re: Primary ICD-10 codes for 21210 and 21215
What would be the approved Primary ICD-10 codes for 21210 and 21215!
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