Archive for The Day of June 30th, 2007

Archive for the Day of June 30th, 2007

Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of June 30th, 2007.

Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during June 30th, 2007.

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Differentiate Between Facial and Dental Nerve Blocks in Your Medical Billing

When you have a procedure that can cover two close but distinctly different areas such as a facial and a dental nerve block, you need to make sure that your claim encompasses exactly the procedure that was done or you may wind up with a denial of your claim. A common situation would be if the ED physician performed a diagnostic nerve block on a patient complaining of pain in the floor of her mouth and her bottom set of teeth. You would want to be certain that you chose 64402 (Injection, anesthetic agent; facial nerve) for facial nerve blocks, not blocks in the mouth or jaw. The determining factor

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