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Second Scan in Trimester? Read This First

Published on Mon May 06, 2013

Question: Patient had a dating U/S two weeks ago and a 76801 <14 wks was charged at that time. She returned today for an OB visit, and our Dr. could not hear heart tones with Doppler. She is now 11weeks 6 days. Is it proper to charge 76815 today for just doing a quick scan? This is her second scan [...]
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