Primary Care Coding Alert
We'll Show You How to Bill ECGs Correctly
Published on Mon Sep 15, 2003
A flow chart points you to the right code
Answer two questions regarding your family physician's role in electrocardiograms (ECG) to simplify choosing among 93000 (Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; with interpretation and report), 93005 (... tracing only, without interpretation and report) and 93010 (... interpretation and report only).
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