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Wiki Billing with Lesser Code?

Are there any situations where a practice would bill with a lesser code? If there are 2 codes that are the same except the newer code has an extra step done, can we keep using the older code since we already have a contract with our par ins to perform the lesser code? In the end, we are doing...
- lbpalladino
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- Feb 3, 2016
- code contract ins lesser perform
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Auditing General Discussion
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Wiki Incident to billing - perform acne surgery

We are a Dermatology office that has PA's and Aesthetician's who are also CMA's. The aesthetician's perform acne surgery (CPT 10040 Dx L70.0) when it is recommended by the physician or PA and gets billed to the insurance under the physician only. Can the aesthetician perform the acne surgery...
- debneas
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- Dec 22, 2015
- acne billed perform physician surgery
- Replies: 1
- Forum: E/M

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