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Use JW to Recoup Some Botox A Bucks

Published on Thu Jun 22, 2017

Here's how scheduling can help you maximize unit use. Coders who aren't already on the modifier JW bandwagon could be missing out on deserved reimbursement for discarded supplies of drugs. Since Jan. 1, you should have been using HCPCs modifier JW (Drug amount discarded/Not administered to any patient) to indicate when you didn't use a full vial of drugs such [...]
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