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Use These Tips When Coding a Problem During a Well Visit

Published on Mon Nov 24, 2025

Question: A 48-year-old patient presents to their gynecologist for an annual preventive services visit but also mentioned several problems. The documentation says the visit lasted 25 minutes. How should I code this? HEALTHCON Regional Attendee Answer: If you’re billing two codes, you need to look at your documentation and split that documentation into support for each code and see whether [...]
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