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Pregnancy Confirmation

Published on Tue May 10, 2022

Question: Can a provider bill a separate evaluation and management (E/M) service for confirmation of pregnancy, or is it considered to be initial OB? Patient saw her primary care physician (PCP) via telemedicine prior who diagnosed amenorrhea with positive home pregnancy test and referred to follow up with OB to continue with prenatal vitamins. In this situation, the PCP didn’t order [...]
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