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Understand the Coding Details Surrounding Normal Diagnostic Results

Published on Thu Jan 25, 2024

Question: When the gastroenterologist refers a patient to a radiologist for an abdominal CT scan with a symptom of abdominal pain, both the radiologist — when reporting for the technical component of the CT scan — and the gastroenterologist — when reporting for the follow-up E/M visit for the same test — might report a diagnosis such as “intra-abdominal abscess.” However, [...]
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