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Is 81001 POS Dependent?

Published on Tue Dec 22, 2015

Question: Is 99214 payable if coded with 81001 when the place of service is 22? Is urinalysis part of office visit? I know if I use place of service 11 we get reimbursed for 99214 and separately for 81001. New York Subscriber Answer: The place of service doesn’t necessarily play into the reimbursement for the 81001 (Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet [...]
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