Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

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5 Tips Take the Confusion Out of Your Tubal Ligation Claims

Here’s the advice ACOG reversed as of June 2021. Have a tubal ligation claim on your desk? That means you’ve got to determine which type of procedure to report. Your options are: codes for procedures performed vaginally or via an open approach, codes for laparoscopic procedures, and a code for Essure tubal ligations. If you focus on the ob-gyn’s technique [...]
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