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Anesthesia Qualifying Circumstances
When reporting anesthesia services, there are several “qualifying circumstances” that may be submitted to the insurance company, when those services are reasonable and necessary. These qualifying circumstances are all add-on codes (meaning that they cannot be billed, alone), and include: +99100 Anesthesia for patient of extreme age, younger than 1 year and older than 70 […]
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Z76.89 persons encountering health serviced in other specified circumstances
I have a provider using a DX of Z76.89 persons encountering health serviced in other specified circumstances as the primary DX for new patients, he is using the new patient CPT. The provider insists on keeping it as primary, and yes there are subsequent DXs for the same encounter, does anybody else see this DX, and is it being paid?????????