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General Surgery Coding Alert

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Beware Medical Records Rules

Published on Thu Oct 15, 2015

Question: We discharged a patient due to non-payment, and one week later a new surgeon requested the patient’s records from our office. My surgeon wants to me to bill the patient for the records transfer. Is this something we can do? Codify Subscriber Answer: No, you cannot bill the patient, the other provider, or anyone else for a records transfer from [...]
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