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Dual-Provider Coding:

Learn These 3 Keys to Separate Incident-To, Split Visits

Published on Fri Aug 19, 2016

POS can be vital when making the coding decision. When a physician and a nonphysician practitioner (NPP) — also known as mid-level providers (MLP) or advanced practice providers (APP) — work together to perform an E/M service, it might be an incident-to service. It also might be a split/shared visit, and knowing the differences between the two is vital. Why? [...]
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