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Back Up Your Spirometry Claims With Specific Lung Disease Codes

Published on Tue Mar 08, 2022

Hint: Unspecified codes could result in rejections. Spirometry tests are the most common pulmonary function test (PFT) of pulmonology practices, but physicians need to show the reason why they’re reporting the services, not just that they performed the tests. If the provider’s documentation doesn’t specify a patient’s respiratory disease or complaint, your claim may be held up or rejected. Read [...]
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