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Urology Coding Alert

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New or Established Patient?

Published on Thu Feb 13, 2014

Question: We have a patient who was last seen by our PA on 10/21/11 for abdominal pain. This patient came back on 1/28/14 and saw the urologist for possible urethral obstruction and other urinary issues. I say that it should be coded as established since it hasn’t been three years since last visit to our office. My doctor thinks it [...]
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