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News|Articles|November 17, 2020
6 Essential COVID-19 Codes to Remember
Author(s)Grace Halsey
COVID-19 cases are surging across the country as the US heads into holiday season. Counsel patients on staying safe and keep these billing codes very close at hand.
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As numbers of COVID-19 cases reach new all-time highs in rural, suburban, and urban locales, healthcare practitioners again face the stress of assessing, diagnosing, and treating not just the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but now other seasonal circulating viruses as well.
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