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    Wiki BCBS denying malignant excisions as benign?

    We have recently recieved an influx of denials on malignant excisions for basal cell carcinoma due to the fact that --according to BCBS-- BCC is considered benign "because it is unlikely to metastasize". There is a whole slew of things wrong with this statement, and with the implications on...
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    Wiki Blue Shield CCI Edit Issues

    I am having issues with Blue Shield. If a patient has an office visit and is then sent for labs (in house full service laboratory) on the same day Blue Shield denies the Office Visit as global when a urine dip (81003) is billed by the lab (we operate under one tax ID number) even if we append a...
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