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Published on Fri May 17, 2013

Preventive wellness visit coupled with significant other problem can qualify for two codes. For preventive wellness visits, you’ll normally assign a code from the 99381-99397 range. But if the patient brings up a health problem — and it’s documented properly — you may be able to list an additional code. Checkpoint: If the problem ranks as “significant,” you can report [...]
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