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Avoid Least-Specific Code Choice With These Tips

Published on Fri Oct 08, 2021

Check all code categories and method codes. If you don’t know the code for a procedure your pathology or clinical lab report describes, don’t automatically turn to an unlisted code. Instead, take the following steps to find the correct code. If you can’t find an exact 80000-level code match, let our experts help you drill down to the right way [...]
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