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Greater than 12 french MUE edits

Date: Jun 28, 2021

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CPT instructions are to bill for bilateral 34713 on two separate lines utilizing -RT/-LT modifier; however, the MUE is 1 with a MAI of 2. So how exactly are we supposed to bill for bilateral 34713? Is this an error in CPT? Done with 34848 FEVAR.

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