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Pocket These Coding Basics on Medicare Reimbursement

Published on Fri Jan 07, 2022

Question: I’ve heard conflicting views on what’s more critical to include on Medicare claims to ensure swift and accurate payment — CPT® codes or ICD-10 codes. Does the CPT® code determine the reimbursement rate or does the ICD-10 code? I thought it was the CPT® code, but I keep hearing that our practice’s pay could suffer if we don’t use the [...]
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