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Oct 6th, 2011 - loriCarlson
CPT® code
follow up appointment for post mastectomy complicated by atrial fibrillation and embolism requuiring embolectomy, pleral effusion requiring pleuracentesis
Oct 7th, 2011 -
re: CPT® code
Complex enough to be 99215, depends on what is done and how much time spent. Unless you are the surgeon and then it's bundled
Oct 10th, 2011 - Codapedia Editor 1,399
re: CPT® code
What's in the documentation? Medical decision making alone does not determine the CPT® code.
See this Codapedia article:
http://codapedia.com/article_294_Is-medical-decision-making-a-trump-card-in-E-M-services.cfm