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Your Payers May Differ For T1013

Published on Tue Mar 24, 2015

Question: Can you please provide guidance for when it is appropriate to use T1013 when a patient comes in with an interpreter? What kind of documentation is required? Codify Subscriber Answer: Medicare and most other payers do not separately reimburse interpretive services. Physicians are required to comply with-the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; [...]
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