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3 Steps to Standardizing How You Report Spontaneous, Induced Abortions

Published on Thu Aug 07, 2014

Here’s why you’ll apply ‘0’ — not ‘1’ or ‘2’ — to medically induced abortions. When a claim for an abortion hits your desk, you should know that some abortion diagnoses require fifth digits — and if you don’t submit the right one, your payer could deny your claim for lack of medical necessity. Don’t fret though. Delve into these [...]
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