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mue's

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    Wiki MUE's

    Hi, I have a provider who removed 14 separate lesions and made 14 separate incisions. CPT 24071 has a MUE of 2. He did 24071 on the left side for 3 separate areas and 24071 on the right side for 3 separate areas. The carrier paid all 3 for the right side but denied 1 unit on the left side and...
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    Wiki Coding against Yearly limits IE capped for testing

    I am interested in allergy testing, if a commercial plan has a 365 day cap of 40, medicare allows 90 when properly coded and documented is there a way to code to allow for additional tests? i.e. Aetna caps 40 for 365 days, is it possible to overcome this limit? Would a Xu, Xe or -59 on line 2...
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