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Reporting Caloric Vestibular Tests

Published on Mon Mar 20, 2017

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the otolaryngologist performed a bithermal caloric vestibular test. She performed a warm and cool irrigation in the right ear, and a warm irrigation in the left ear. Is this a full test, or would we have to code it as reduced services? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: Since the otolaryngologist didn’t perform a cool irrigation in the patient’s left [...]
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