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Wiki Can dermatologist use the preventive codes?

Thread starter sharonrose
Start date Oct 4, 2010

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sharonrose

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Oct 4, 2010

My thought on this subject is no but I would love the documentation to support it...my coding logic says no as most derms are looking for a specific issue (lesion/rash) and any testing would be diagnostic, not preventive screening. But what about the patient that is coming in for a yearly skin check, no symptoms? Derms aren't in the habit of ordering "routine screeing test" which makes me ? this code set for dermatologist.

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