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G0103 or 84153: Avoid Coding Missteps With By Knowing Reason for Test

Published on Wed Dec 10, 2014

Match diagnosis code to procedure code. When your lab gets a specimen with an order for total prostate specific antigen (PSA), you’ll always perform the same test, but did you know you won’t always report the same procedure code? If you don’t select the proper code — and provide all the supporting documentation to justify your code choice — you [...]
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