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ICD-10-CM Code for Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents P23.6

ICD-10 code P23.6 for Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period .

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Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents
Congenital pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzae
Congenital pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
Congenital pneumonia due to Mycoplasma
Congenital pneumonia due to Streptococcus, except group B
Use additional code (B95-B96) to identify organism

P23

Includes: infective pneumonia acquired in utero or during birth

Excludes1: neonatal pneumonia resulting from aspiration (P24.-)

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How to put E&M codes and labs together
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Using Time stmt, billing 'incident to'
[QUOTE="dtricia, post: 277375, member: 51425"]I believe it is perfectly ok for NP to use time when billing incident to. Manager says only the billing provider can base billing on time. A NP and MD ... [ Read More ]
mid levels and time - incident to
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G0179 & G0180 help
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99211 - I am OM for a very busy pediatric
[b]99211-Medication refill[/b] [url]http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0200/p23.html#fpm20070200p23-sa3[/url] Question:I often see patients for a follow-up of chronic medical problems after I authorize a ... [ Read More ]
Incident to is MediCARE only
I'm with Tessa, also... The [B]creation[/B] of "incident to" was geared towards Medicare... AAFP has a really good article on this... [U]When Medicare was enacted, Congress provided for payment to ... [ Read More ]
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