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Determine Your Dx After Cancer Surgery

Published on Fri May 19, 2017

Question: When can we bill a visit after a surgery for cancer? Our understanding is that we can bill the “where we go from here” initial chemotherapy plan during the post-op period. But can we bill subsequent office visits when the physician is only clearing the patient to receive chemotherapy? If so, what diagnosis should we use? Or are these visits [...]
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