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Don't Bill Screening Procedure Separately

Published on Wed May 08, 2019

Question: One of our physicians performed a follow-up test in-office to make sure that a procedure was successful. I am pretty sure that this recheck is part of the initial procedure and that we cannot bill for the visit, but my colleague thinks otherwise. Who’s right? Codify Subscriber Answer: If the test is a routine part of the follow-up on [...]
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