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Prostate Case:

Follow Medicare Rules for Biopsy Exam — Even If You Don’t Like the Pay

Published on Mon Apr 11, 2022

Find out when to switch from screening to diagnostic PSA codes. When you bill a prostate case to Medicare, you face some different codes and coverage rules than you’d see with a commercial payer. Track the arc of the following prostate cancer case with lab tests and pathology services for a 62-year-old Medicare beneficiary to make sure you know the [...]
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