CMS says we can drop one venipuncture charge per encounter. It does not define encounter that I can tell. An encounter to us means a visit - could be one day or 10. If we followed once per encounter.........you get the picture. What are other Labs doing out there? Dropping a VP once per date or once per encounter?
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