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School Physicals Can Be Tricky

Published on Wed Jun 11, 2014

Question: I have searched for a CPT® code to use with V70.3 for a school physical, but I am having trouble understanding whether or not to use 99213, 99401 or 99393. This patient had a physical during the year, but the college will not accept that visit since it requires a physical within two months prior to attending college. Can you [...]
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