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New pt appt: new patient is referred to an outpatient wound clinic to have an abscess lanced. The provider would like the following charges billed 99203 + 99225 + 10060. I understand the new patient billing (99203) and the I&D (10060) but do not understand the 99225 since this was NOT a hospital admission. Can someone please help with understanding why the 99225 should be also billed?
 
There's nothing to understand - it cannot be billed. It's a coding error on the provider's part.

Only one E/M service per day may be billed, and 99225 would only be reported if the patient was in observation status in a hospital.
 
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