Audiology:
Guest Columnist: Safely Report OAEs Without Losing Pay Using These Guidelines
Published on Sun Jun 27, 2010
CPT know-how can sidestep potential compliance violations. When it comes to OAE bundles, CCI isn't the only place you need to look. An Audioeducator.com ENT attendee recently checked for edits on 92587 (Evoked otoacoustic emissions; limited [single stimulus level, either transient or distortion products]) and 92588 (... comprehensive or diagnostic evaluation [comparison of transient and/or distortion product otoacoustic emissions at multiple levels and frequencies]). "Can we bill for both of these codes on the same date of service if we have two different diagnoses for each code?" asks Kayla Chambers, billing supervisor at Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic of Coffee County and Westside Surgery Center in Douglas, Ga. Look for Indentations on OAE Codes If you plug the codes into Codify's CCI tool, you find that 92587 is a column 2 code for 92588. This bundle follows current procedural terminology (CPT). Code 92588 is an indented code. Code 92587 is [...]
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