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Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Follow This Guide to Successful Inhalation Treatment Reporting

Published on Tue Jun 25, 2013

Hint: Don’t forget to report any prior E/M services separately. When your pulmonologist provides inhalation treatment along with training, you’ll need to focus on distinguishing whether these services were separate or not to arrive at the appropriate CPT® codes you need to report for the session. Example: A patient visits your pulmonologist’s office with acute obstruction of the airway. Your [...]
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