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Question: How do we bill for chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) when our provider supplies it and the patient self-administers at home? Codify Subscriber Answer: HCG is a hormone used in infertility treatments to aid the development and release of eggs in women’s ovaries and increase sperm count in men. Supply of the drug is coded using HCPCS code J0725 (Injection, chorionic [...]
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