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Prepare to Change Your Prostate Biopsy Exam Coding

Published on Mon Jan 06, 2014

Surprise definition change in MPFS could cost your practice plenty. Out of the blue, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule changes the way your pathologists must report prostate biopsy examinations — and it’s not pretty. In fact, you could stand to lose nearly $150 for a standard, 12-specimen prostate biopsy case when billing for Medicare beneficiaries. Let us [...]
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