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Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Obstetrics:

Draw the Line Between Labor Checks and NSTs

Published on Wed Apr 17, 2019

Are labor checks in the global service? Find out. Is 59025 your go-to code when the ob-gyn checks to see if the patient is in labor? If so, you could be making a coding mistake. Ob-gyns often use a fetal monitor to determine if a woman is in labor. They use the same device for a fetal non-stress test (NST, [...]
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