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CPT® 59620, Under Delivery Procedures After Previous Cesarean Delivery

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 59620 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Delivery Procedures After Previous Cesarean Delivery.

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The provider admits the patient to the hospital for delivery and provides intensive management of labor with delivery of the fetus and placenta via an abdominal incision and care immediately after delivery on the same date of service.

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[QUOTE="ShannonH89, post: 401896, member: 388468"]If the Antepartum and delivery were done but not the postpartum care then do you have to code the antepartum and delivery out separately? Do you end ... [ Read More ]
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[b]Teaching patient to use inhaler[/b] [QUOTE="andrews24, post: 269914, member: 59620"]can anyone tell me if I can bill separately for educating a patient on how to use the spacer on a metered dose ... [ Read More ]
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This is out of BCBS instructions, I have found this same instruction at other carriers as well as the CPT Assistant. • If one or more newborns are delivered vaginally and subsequent newborn(s) are d... [ Read More ]
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