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Coumadin Coding
Published on Tue Oct 01, 2002
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answer. Question: When patients come in to have their Coumadin therapy monitored, are we allowed to bill a nurse visit (99211)? And should we use the ICD-9 code for the Coumadin follow-up or for the reason the patient was put on the Coumadin? Nevada Subscriber