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5 Tips Demonstrate How to Make the Most of Your MD’s 99211 Visits

No face-to-face time with nurse or physician? Find out if this qualifies. Is your pulmonologist practice seeing established patients for a quick visit to assess the patient’s breathing status after initiation of a new medication, for example? Then you should most likely be turning to 99211. This code allows certain qualified professional staff to attend to low-level E/Ms, which lets [...]
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