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TCM:

Follow These Rules to Never Miss a Beat With Your 99495 and 99496 Claims

Published on Tue Nov 07, 2017

Hint: TCM services include three distinct components. Your cardiologist oversees a patient during the shift from an inpatient hospital discharge setting (such as an inpatient acute care hospital) to his community setting (such as a rest home). Do you know if the situation meets the proper requirements of reporting an evaluation and management (E/M) transitional care management (TCM) code? Check [...]
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