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Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert

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Choose the Right Q Modifier While Coding Excluded Procedures

Published on Tue Dec 30, 2014

Question: Our podiatrist attended to a new Medicare diabetic patient in the office for appx. 30 min. After a detailed exam and history, he ordered nail debridement (7), avulsion and some paring of 3 corns for vascular impairment. Can we bill an E/M for this encounter? Which modifiers should I use for these multiple procedures and in what order? New Jersey [...]
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