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    Wiki 99000/36415

    You cant bill for ordering, its include in the E&M.
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    Wiki 2020 location?

    2021 is Dallas
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    Wiki COVID-19

    No, the test is already written so it wont have anything new after 1/1
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    Wiki Job searching in USA

    colder is not a skilled job eligible for work visa. You will have to stay in India and work for an outsourced company there.
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    Wiki modifier 26

    For any service that has a technical and professional component, The face to face occurs when the technical component is performed. You wouldn't have the patient come in for technical component and then again for the professional component. If the office owns the equipment you wouldn't split...
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    Wiki Question

    It sounds like the insurance is giving the patients the blow off answer. Unlisted code vs specific code does not make a service covered or non-covered. There are many services that have CPT that are still not covered. Aetna for example lists Intragastric balloon (along with over a dozen other...
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    Wiki BASE UNITS FOR CPT 00812

    is that for ASA? CMS has 3 for 00812
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    Wiki Billing for Admin of Lidocaine

    Local or regional anesthesia/blocks are bundled into the primary procedure
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    Wiki modifier 26

    -26 is the professional component, Whether patient will be there will depend on the service. Pathology/Radiology for example, the -26 is billed by the one looking at the specimen/output and writing the official report. The radiologist never sees the patient they usually do it all electronically...
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    Wiki BASE UNITS FOR CPT 00812

    If you are referring to Medicare, no changes to base units in 2019 or 2020 https://www.cms.gov/Center/Provider-Type/Anesthesiologists-Center
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    Wiki Finding Reimbursement Rates for codes?

    Medicare Drug Fee Schedule for example. Its the same rate nationally. Asking another clinic wont tell you much as everyone uses a different markup https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-part-b-drug-average-sales-price/2020-asp-drug-pricing-files Payment Allowance Limits for Medicare Part B...
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    Wiki Chiro billing in NC

    Fair no, but the court seems to have upheld this agreement as legally valid.
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    Wiki Chiro billing in NC

    According to google searches, its exclusive agreement https://www.bluecrossnc.com/providers/medical-news-and-information/news-and-information/nc-provider-contact-information https://www.healthnetworksolutions.net/index.php/providers/hns-contracts...
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    Wiki Extended Group therapy Code?

    Group is not a time based code so 30 min or 3 hours is 1 unit of 90853
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    Wiki G9171 and G9172 replacement codes

    None. The functional limitation reporting (FLR) requirements were discontinued as of January 1, 2019. The codes were only kept active for another year to allow for payers to update their policies. http://www.apta.org/Payment/Medicare/CodingBilling/FunctionalLimitation/?navID=10737430505a
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