Operative report

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mespeight
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Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:04 am

Can anyone tell me where I can find CMS guidelines on who can actually write the operative note.
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Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:28 pm

I don't think that CMS has any specifics on this topic as any number of people could potentially due this including a transcriptionist or even a scribe.
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Shannon O. DeConda, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CMSCS, CPMA, CMPM, CPMN
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