Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert

Follow the flow chart to determine when incident-to services are billable.

Suppose your nonphysician practitioner sees a patient on a day when your physician is working, but is out at lunch. Can you bill the service incident-to? The answer is no. Use this handy tool, created by Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CENTC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC, president of CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J. to help you determine when you can bill services incident-to and when you can't.