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HCPCS Level II Coding:

Are You Reporting Albuterol Correctly? Your Payer May Be Watching

Published on Fri Mar 05, 2021

Once again, CMS listed J7613 as the most-billed code. Although you may think E/M services are the bread and butter of pulmonology coding — and of codes billed to Medicare in general — the reality is that HCPCS Level II codes bring in a tremendous amount of money from Medicare as well. Background: CMS data indicates that J7613 (Albuterol, inhalation [...]
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