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BCBS, especially plans administered out of state, have created their own list of admissible diagnostic codes.
It's a scam, they are also barely covering our patients' basic prenatal labs (we are an obgyn group)

Here is what one smart patient did
[b]Request a list of acceptable codes that they are willing to process[/b] (CPT codes)
Bring like a cake to the office because you are asking them to work for free, and [b]ask them to re-code your visit and labs from that list[/b]
It will have a different identifying number for annual exam
We are all amazed it's legal, they just went ahead and invented their own CPT system it looks like without any informed consent from ANYONE

Anyway, my patient's labs got covered that way.

I am guessing someone at some point will be fed up, will take them to court, and they will immediately fold and stop it
But until them, they will collect $500 for basic annual labs from lots of people who do not know better, and cause all of use in healthcare to lose their minds adjusting all the bills to their new, unannounced, and probably illegal system.

Rant over, please get a nice cake for your PCP's office... veggie tray will also work  ;-)[/quote]

I don't think any health care provider will be willing to risk their license or assume liability for their practice by coding something that did not happen, much less for a tray of sweets  :lol: [/quote]

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