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Be Wise in the Ways of Billing Wastage With -JW and -JZ

Published on Mon Apr 22, 2024

Also: Use this clinical example to help you calculate drug waste. Even the most experienced coders occasionally come across a case where reporting drug usage and waste is a bit trickier than expected, and coding became even more complicated when Medicare introduced modifier JZ (Zero drug amount discarded/ not administered to any patient) last year. If you find yourself still [...]
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