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Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

Part 2:

Coagulation Management: Follow Home PT/INR Monitoring Rules

Published on Mon Sep 04, 2017

Avoid G0250 frequency pitfall. In addition to ordering a Prothrombin Time (PT) lab test, physicians might ask certain patients to perform home PT monitoring to manage warfarin (trade name Coumadin) dosage. When patients perform the test at home to determine the PT reading (in seconds) and/or the International Normalized Ratio (INR), you'll need to know a whole different set of [...]
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