Pediatric Coding Alert

Payment isn't your only goal for these practice builders. Get-acquainted visits can benefit your practice in the long run, provided you stay in safe coding territory. Consider how your office would code the following scenario. A pediatrician who joined a Pediatric Coding Alert subscriber's group asked the coder about reporting a prenatal visit in which the mom and dad come in to meet the doctor before the baby is born. The coder thinks the visit is more like a meet-and-greet that the practice would bill the patient, but the pediatrician said she had heard that physicians can bill the insurance for this service. Does your office do get-acquainted visits? These can include new parent visits, such as prenatal, prefoster, or preadoption encounters, or young parent visits, for instance, for families moving into the area or changing practices. Before billing these to insurance, follow these do's: Do: Consider an Office Visit [...]