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Master Bone Density Screening Reporting With These 4 Steps

Published on Mon Jul 25, 2016

Hint: Don’t use ‘M codes’ when the patient comes for screening. When your FP plans to perform a screening of a patient for osteoporosis or osteopenia, you will need to know whether or not the patient is eligible to undergo the screening and what CPT® and diagnosis codes you need to report for the procedure. Background: Osteoporosis is a condition [...]
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