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J2357 Is Pulmonologists' Sixth Most-Billed Code — Do You Know How to Code It?

Published on Mon Oct 08, 2018

Hint: Don’t forget administration code when you report Xolair injections. When you think about your most-billed codes, your mind probably goes to E/M services and spirometry, but the service that ranked sixth among pulmonologists’ most-reported codes last year was J2357, according to Medicare utilization data.   Unforutnatley, J2357 (Injection, omalizumab, 5 mg) is not the most straightforward code to report [...]
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