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Breast Case:

To Bundle or Not to Bundle: That is the $288 Question

Published on Wed Apr 09, 2014

Focus on specimen to make the ‘margin’ call. Everyone’s scared of “unbundling” and facing fraud charges, but don’t let that stop you from garnering legitimate pay for a separate margin exam in a breast case.  Look at the following example and you make the call. Then we’ll walk you through the how and why of coding this case. Partial Mastectomy [...]
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