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Tackle Challenging Doppler Echo Conundrum

Question: Can we automatically report +93320 and +93325 in conjunction with 93312? Alabama Subscriber Answer: No. Although many practices automatically add +93320 (Doppler echocardiography, pulsed wave and/or continuous wave with spectral display (List separately in addition to codes for echocardiographic imaging); complete) and +93325 (Doppler echocardiography color flow velocity mapping …) to 93312 (Echocardiography, transesophageal, real-time with image documentation (2D) [...]
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