Aug 23, 2010 | Medical billing basics
The CMS concurs with American Medical Association “Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)” guidelines related to physician reporting of inpatient and outpatient consultation services 99241-99243, 99244-99255: CPT 99241 Office consultation for a new or established...
Aug 14, 2010 | Medical billing basics
According to EM university, in 2003 this code was used 56.7 percent of the time for internal medicine coding. It is no surprise that we like this “middle of the road” code. The problem is, just because we think it is middle of the road, doesn’t make...
Aug 10, 2010 | Medical billing basics
FAQ Can medical doctor bill CPT code 99202 & 94150 Ans : Yes. Note : Evaluation and Management CPT-4 code 99202 (office visit, new patient, level 2) may be billed by a respiratory care practitioner once every three years; however, the recipient must not have been...
Aug 9, 2010 | Medical billing basics
Usually physician upcoding their services but unusually some physicians are undercoding their services and loose their money. Its because of many reason. 1. “Some physicians will code every office visit as a 99212 just to stay under the radar and avoid a Medicare...
Aug 1, 2010 | Medical billing basics
FAQ about Medical Billing Can you code 99213 and 94760 together Ans : No. Note : CPT 94760 is a non-covered/inclusive procedure if it is performed along with 99201-99205 or 99211-99215 and 99241-99245 on the same date of service. Please write off CPT 94760 in...
