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Think of 3 Things Before Adding +99100 to Your Claim

Published on Thu Jun 14, 2018

Qualifying circumstances can boost pay in some cases. Qualifying circumstances codes might not be reimbursed by traditional Medicare, but some private payers and Medicare Replacement Plans pay for the additional units associated with codes such as +99100 (Anesthesia for patient of extreme age, younger than 1 year and older than 70 [list separately in addition to code for primary anesthesia [...]
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