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Placenta Delivery and Bakri Balloon

Published on Wed Nov 09, 2022

Question: I have a physician who was only present for the delivery of the placenta, but the patient did have postpartum bleeding. My physician did the curette with insertion of a Bakri balloon. My question is am I able to charge for the delivery of the placenta, or just the curette with insertion of the balloon? New Jersey Subscriber Answer: You will [...]
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