Briefings on APCs, October 2009
Briefings on APCs, October 1, 2009
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This issue features the first part of our series on physician supervision requirements for diagnostic tests. We help you unravel the mysteries of medically unlikely edits and determine the appropriate use of modifier -59. We also examine when a colonoscopy is really a screening colonoscopy.
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