Clinic visit prior to Kypho?

Patient with h/o of compression fxs comes in to clinic with acute on chronic back pain. Following day MRI shows acute thoracic compression fracture. Question: Do I need to bring the patient back into clinic to review the MRI and order Kyphoplasty or can I just schedule and do an addendum to my most recent clinic note? This patient has Medicare which does not require prior auth. She has had prior Kypho with me this year and already indicated that she would want repeat procedure if new... Read more
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