Rule Number One: Code for Services Rendered

DAVID STERN, MD (Practice Velocity) Q.Which CPT codes can be used for diagnosis codes 786.50 (unspecified chest pain) and 414.9 (chronicischemic heart disease-unspecified) to maximize a Medicare patient bill? A.The basic rule of coding is that you should code for the services rendered, not to “maximize a patient bill.” In other words, you should code the best codes that indicate the actual services that were performed. For these codes, you could code for a cardiac …

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