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Pick Apart How to Code Pop-Q Exam

Published on Wed Oct 17, 2018

Question: During an audit review, we had a physician mention other practices were getting a higher E/M level (99215) with POP-Q evaluations. Does any gynecology clinic use a special format on appointments when their doctors see a patient for whom they do the measurements? Iowa Subscriber Answer: No. Ob-gyns perform a pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) exam to quantify, describe, [...]
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