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Decode What Medical Necessity Means

Published on Wed Mar 03, 2021

Question: I know medical necessity is vital to coding, but I’m not sure that I can define what it means exactly. Can you help me? New York Subscriber Answer: The American Medical Association defines medical necessity as “health care services or products that a prudent physician would provide to a patient for the purpose of preventing, diagnosing, or treating an [...]
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