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Count Patches When Reporting Allergy Testing

Published on Mon Jul 27, 2020

Question: Our physician performed a patch test for allergy testing. How can we report this service? How can we report if the testing was done using multiple patches? Ohio Subscriber Answer: When your physician performs a patch test, you report the test with 95044 (Patch or application test[s] [specify number of tests]). Count the numbers of tests: You will calculate [...]
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