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Heed NCCI for Nebulizer Coding

Published on Thu Nov 05, 2020

Question: A patient with a new diagnosis of asthma came to our practice and we educated her on the correct use of a nebulizer and administered a first treatment of albuterol. Can we bill for the education, the treatment, and the spirometry measurements? And can we also bill for the medication, nebulizer mouthpiece, and tubing? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: The National [...]
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