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Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Injections:

3 Questions Solve Your IM Injection Challenges

Published on Wed Oct 21, 2015

If the ob-gyn isn’t present, revert to a nurse visit, CPT® says. The injection administration coding instructions in CPT® require you to verify the ob-gyn’s involvement to report  96372 or to submit the nonphysician-performed procedure as 99211 — or depending on payers’ incident-to policies — possibly a no-charge. To determine which code applies, ask yourself the following questions: 1. Is [...]
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