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Check What Constitutes Nurse Visits

Published on Mon Sep 21, 2020

Question: An established patient visited our office to receive an injection. The nurse administered the injection and the patient left. The nurse wants to report 99211 along with the injection code, but the coding director says we cannot do that. Who is right? Texas Subscriber Answer: Based on the information you’ve provided, it sounds like the coding director is right. [...]
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