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Add to Your Add-On Code Savvy Using 3 CMS Tables

Published on Mon Mar 04, 2013

CCI takes note of these tables. Shouldn’t you? CPT® doesn’t designate primary codes for every add-on code, but CMS offers a few clues in Transmittal 2636, Change Request 7501, effective April 1, 2013. Background: An add-on code reports a service that is "always performed in conjunction with another primary service. An add-on code is eligible for payment only if it [...]
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