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Choosing the Proper Physical Code

Published on Tue Nov 24, 2015

Question: We are starting to get appointment requests from patients reporting for physicals, either for school or sports programs starting in January 2016. These patients are all aged late childhood to early adult. How should I code for a patient of this age that reports for a physical? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: When these patients report for physicals, your coding will depend [...]
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