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Bust These 3 Allergy Testing Myths and Avoid Losing Precious Dollars

Published on Thu Jun 23, 2016

Hint: Watch number of allergens tested when counting units of code. When your FP performs allergy testing, you will need to base your code selection on what your clinician was testing for and what sort of a test he administered. You also need to be aware when you should report an E/M code for the visit. Background: The allergy testing [...]
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