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Medical Coding Exam Prep

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A group of patients on the rehabilitation unit are given a self-management course about congestive heart failure because all of these patients have had exacerbations of this disease. A total of three patients are able to attend these classes. The classes take 30 minutes and are given twice weekly. What is the correct code for this type of self-management training?
  1. 98960
  2. 98961
  3. 98962
  4. 98966
Explanation
Answer: B - 98961 is the correct code for education and training for a group of 3-4 patients to promote self-management of a particular disease.
Code 98960 is incorrect because this code is for individual patient training/education. Code 98962 is incorrect because this code is for group training of 5-8 patients. Code 98966 is incorrect because this code refers to telephone services and not face-to-face training.
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