Streamline E-Scribe Coding From 3 Codes to 1
Published on Tue Mar 23, 2010
2010 brings a new code and a new number to meet if you want your bonus. Physicians who adopt e-prescription systems areeligible to earn a bonus of 2 percent of their total Medicare allowed charges. But the rules on how you should report your e-prescribing changed for 2010, so take heed. Narrow 2010 Option to G8553 2010: CMS issued a new numerator G code with the following descriptor: G8553 -- At least one prescription created during the encounter was generated and transmitted electronically using a qualified ERX system. Effective Jan. 1, you'll report an e-prescribing code only when a visit results in an electronic prescription being placed. You'll need to report this code at least 25 times (unique visits) during the reporting period for Medicare to consider you a successful e-prescriber. Remember: "You have an incentive to report this, but the actual code has a zero charge," says Gina Jarrell, CPC, [...]
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