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Follow 5 Tips for Solid Discharge Service Coding

Published on Tue Jan 21, 2014

Time isn’t the only key to correctly using 99238-99239. With only two codes to pick from when reporting discharge services, the process should be pretty easy, right? Not so fast. If you don’t focus on a few key points, you could be improperly using these codes. Take a look at these five pointers to help you hone your discharge coding [...]
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