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Strengthen Your Therapeutic Phlebotomy Knowledge

Published on Tue Aug 25, 2020

Question: Our oncology surgeon did a therapeutic phlebotomy in a patient with polycythemia. Should I code it as a venipuncture, i.e. with codes 36400-36425? Colorado Subscriber Answer: You do not report codes 36400 (Venipuncture, younger than age 3 years, necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional, not to be used for routine venipuncture; femoral or [...]
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