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Check These Tips When Fighting Punctal Plug Denials

Published on Wed Aug 18, 2021

You’ve coded what you’re sure is a bulletproof claim for an E/M code and punctal plug insertion. You were sure to append modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service) to the E/M code to show that it was [...]
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