Otolaryngology Coding Alert
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Check Which Inpatient Codes Otolaryngologists Are Reporting Most Frequently
Published on Fri May 13, 2022
If you’re getting to know the inpatient codes more closely, it might be a good idea to understand which hospital codes otolaryngologists are reporting nationally. The following are the codes most often reported by otolaryngologists, according to a Medicare statistical analysis E/M Code Comparison report that was run on Nov. 13, 2020 and released by Part B MAC Palmetto GBA on Dec. 8, 2020 (this is the most recent data available at press time). The analysis reviewed claims for specialty code 04 (Otolaryngology) for the time period Jan. 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, and revealed the following results:
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