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Question: Can you explain the anticoagulant codes 99363 and 99364 to me? My cardiologist wants to know if he can bill the codes along with an E/M code. Florida Subscriber Answer: According to CPT® 2017, "Anticoagulant services are intended to describe the outpatient management of warfarin therapy, including ordering, review, and interpretation of International Normalized Ratio (INR) testing, communication with patient, and [...]
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