ICD-9 code 481 for Pneumococcal pneumonia [streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia] is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA (480-488).
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This is a situation where I would contact the lab and find out what they did. G0481 covers 8-14 drugs and G0659 is per drug. 481 also requires more than one method and 659 does not.... [ Read More ]
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I'm the Billing Manager for a rapidly growing medical agency and we currently do not have a Medical Billing Manual in place. I wanted to know doe... [ Read More ]
Is it appropriate to bill Cardiac Catheterization Lab CPT Codes with a revenue code 480? Or, are these CPT codes only supposed to be billed with revenue code 481? The CPT codes in question would be:
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[QUOTE="EMHaven, post: 417861, member: 459003"]I do the billing for a California RTC SA/MH facility. My biggest headache is Blue Shi... [ Read More ]
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I do the billing for a California RTC SA/MH facility. My biggest headache is Blue Shield of CA...for many reasons...but I'll stick to this one question for now.
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I do the billing for a California RTC SA/MH facility. My biggest headache is Blue Shield of CA...for many reasons...but I'll stick to this one question for now.
We are out of network. We get our aut... [ Read More ]
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