Primary Care Coding Alert

There's always something more than injections when patients and doctors meet. Here's how to code for it! Office visits for injections often lead to situations where the family physician performs an E/M service in addition to the injection. In these situations, coding for the appropriate E/M service together with CPT 96372 and the drug code is appropriate and will guarantee increased revenues for your doctor. Look for Unplanned Event to Capture E/M-25 When coding for injections, always check if the procedure was the reason for the office visit or was part of the doctor's management of the patient. If a patient sees the family physician for a medical problem and the doctor notes the need for drug injection, then an E/M service can be billed for this aside from the injection code. According to Martha Conradson, an administrator for Desert Bloom Family Medicine in Phoenix, as long as the injection [...]