Urology Coding Alert

Your urologist will likely feel the pain more than his IM colleagues. As you read in the previous article, CMS's proposed 2010 fee schedule seeks to eliminate payment for consultation codes. But while your coding may get easier, your physician's wallet may get lighter. "The CMS proposal is good for the coder but terrible for the doctors because it's another loss of revenue," explains Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor of urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, N.Y. So how will the proposal affect your bottom line? Here's what the experts think you should know. Double-Digit Rate Cut Is a Factor,Too Part of the CMS proposal seeks to increase the work relative value units (RVUs) for new (99201-99205, Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient ...) and established patient office visits (99211-99215, Office or other outpatient visit for the [...]