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CCI Version 2.1: Adjust your coding if billing 99211 with EKGs, blood draws
Watch for possible denials and decreased revenue from nurse visits (99211) in your practice as Medicare bundles the level 1 E/M service into EKGs (93000, 93005 and 93010) and venous blood draw (36415) services performed on the same day.
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