Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

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G0180, G0181, and G0179 Are For Medicare Patients Only

Question: I have an ob-gyn that is filling out G0180, G0181, and G0179 on a daily, weekly, monthly basis for a 25 years old patient who has a commercial plan. Can we bill these codes to a payer other than Medicare? I cannot find any proof to show him other than the HCPCS book that states Medicare, but now he [...]
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