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Avoid These 5 Deadly Mistakes for Lung Cancer Screening Claims

Published on Mon Jun 27, 2016

Use the right TOBs, and avoid facing claim adjustments. CMS now provides coverage for screening for lung cancer with LDCT, and you have two new HCPCS codes G0296 (Counseling visit to discuss need for lung cancer screening [LDCT] using low dose CT scan [service is for eligibility determination and shared decision making) and G0297 (Low dose CT scan [LDCT] for [...]
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