Nov 13, 2010 | Medical billing basics
What is Payment Posting? Payment posting is simply posting payments from the insurance company into the system. The insurance company sends a check along with an EOB. On the EOB the insurance company will tell you the allowed amount and the amount they paid. You would...
Nov 13, 2010 | Medical billing basics
What is an encounter form? You may have seen it before. This is the form the doctor attaches to your chart to give to the lady at front desk. This form has your demographic information along with insurance information. The office usually picks frequent icd-9 and cpt...
Nov 12, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Physician Services – Renal services Physician services rendered to each outpatient maintenance dialysis patient provided during a full month shall be billed on a monthly capitation basis using the appropriate procedure code by age as outlined in the CPT. Monthly...
Nov 12, 2010 | Medical billing basics
INVALID DIAGNOSIS CODES – Effective October 1, 2010 Diagnosis Code Description 275.0 Disorders of iron metabolism 276.6 Fluid overload 287.4 Secondary thrombocytopenia 488.0* Influenza due to identified avian...
Nov 12, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Revenue Code – Procedure Code – Description 821 – 90935 Hemodialysis procedure with single physician evaluation. Limited to 156 units per year. 821 – 90937 Hemodialysis procedure requiring repeated evaluations with or without...
Nov 11, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Place of Service Codes The following place of service codes apply when filing claims for physicians: POS Description 11 Office 12 Home 21 Inpatient Hospital 22 Outpatient Hospital 23 Emergency Room – Hospital 24 Ambulatory Surgical Center 25 Birthing Center 26...
