Bethany Birch had pain in her diaphragm on and off for eight months in 2016. She knew it was triggered by food, so she said she tried taking an antacid. That helped a little, but, eventually, she avoided eating altogether. She estimated she lost 25 pounds in that time.
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction
Until recently, deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction and other perforator flap breast reconstruction surgeries had unique procedure codes. In 2019, CMS decided
July 12, 2023