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Wiki Annual woman Exam

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Is screening at the exam separately billable?
49 y/o Patient presents for annual well woman exam.
During the vist a gyn and general exam is done. Is is correct to bill the preventative service 99396 and the stool guaiac with cpt 82270/z12.12?
commercial payer and private practice.

the general exam has items listed below:

HEAD: normocephalic, atraumatic.

THYROID: no thyromegaly.

LYMPH NODES: no lymphadenopathy.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: in no acute distress, well developed, well nourished.
PSYCH: alert, oriented.
RECTAL: normal tone, no external hemorrhoids, no masses palpable, stool guaiac negative

 
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