CPT^® 99001, Under Miscellaneous Medicine Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99001 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Miscellaneous Medicine Services.

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The provider prepares a specimen collected from a patient at a location other than the provider’s office and sends it to an outside laboratory for analysis.

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[QUOTE="pcapozzoli, post: 482186, member: 705387"] I am looking that this information as well. We are presently billing 99211 but not the 99001, which I think we should be billing both??? If anyone ... [ Read More ]

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