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E/M Codes Not Typically Subject to Frequency Rules

Published on Fri Dec 20, 2019

Question: Our ophthalmologist performed an office consultation on a patient and his insurer does still reimburse for consultations, so we collected for that service. Then another physician sent the same patient to us for a separate consult just a few months later. How much time must elapse before we can bill 99241-99245 again for the same patient? Michigan Subscriber Answer: [...]
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