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  • Posted by Jan Wheeler 1 year ago. There are 3 posts. The latest reply is from .

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  1. Jan Wheeler
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    Posted 1 year ago #

    why deny code 80048 and pay for 80053?

  2. Jan Wheeler
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    Posted 1 year ago #

    '80048 and 80053 billed together'

  3. Anonymous

    Posted 1 year ago #

    If you check the bundling issue between these codes then you can see that CPT Code 80048 is a column 2 code for 80053, and these cannot be billed together in any circumstances. As per CCI edit a '0' modifier is applicable in this case.

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