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Prioritize the Primary Diagnosis Codes in AERD Cases

Published on Fri Apr 10, 2015

Question: Our pulmonologist recently evaluated an established patient in the office with AERD. How should we code the office visit? What is AERD and which are best diagnostic codes available for reporting the condition? Washington Subscriber Answer: For the established patient visit, you can report any of the E/M codes from 99212-99215 (family, depending upon the level of medical decision making [MDM] [...]
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