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Surgical Approach Differentiates 00944 from 00840

Published on Fri Dec 13, 2019

Question: The Anesthesia Crosswalk crosses CPT® code 58550 to 00944, with 00840 as an alternate. What determines whether you use 00944 or 00840? Oklahoma Subscriber [...]
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