Otolaryngology Coding Alert
Be a Confident 95004-95028 Coder
Published on Thu Jan 01, 2004
An allergy-test chart simplifies your choices Can't remember which allergy tests refer to allergenic extracts and which are for biological substances, not to mention the billing method that you should use for each? Keep these six allergy test codes straight with this clip-and-save chart.
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