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Evaluation And Management
Chapter 2
Section 5.2
Anticoagulant
Management
Issue Date: August 25, 2008
Copyright: CPT only © 2006 American Medical
Association (or such other date of publication of CPT).
All Rights Reserved.
Revision:
1.0 CPT PROCEDURE CODES
99363, 99364
2.0 DESCRIPTION
Anticoagulant services are
intended to describe the outpatient management of Warfarin therapy,
including ordering, review, and interpretation of International
Normalized Ratio (INR) testing, communication with patient, and
dosage adjustments as appropriate.
3.0 POLICY
Outpatient anticoagulation
management (CPT procedure codes 99363 and 99364) for patients receiving
long-term anticoagulant therapy (e.g., Warfarin) in the office or
outpatient setting may be considered for cost-sharing.
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