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Yes and no, a medical assistant can assist the physician in the removal of a cast, but cannot remove the cast by him/her self.
I had a fiberglass cast at my out-of-network Ortho's office on 3/15/12. The final bill was $514. Including X-Ray $180. I had to pay $700.
The correct answer is in the ICD-9 CM 2012 VOL 3 97.8 Other nonoperative removal of therapeutic device 97.88 Removal of external immobilization device: Removal of: brace cast splint **The answer is 97.88**
97.88 - removal of external immoblization device
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The cast of The Physician of Silver Gulch - 1912 includes: Edgar Jones as Dr. Ralph Jones
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