DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 4 (April)

Ask a Part B News expert: Can you bill an E/M with venipuncture?

If a physician saw a patient for an E/M office visit, orders blood work (36415), which was performed by ancillary staff, and draws and sends the specimen to an outside lab for testing, can we bill for both the E/M service and the venipuncture?

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