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New or Established Patient CPT® Code range 99304- 99306

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Initial Nursing Facility Care 99304-99306 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 99304- 99306
Section 99304-99306
New or Established Patient
99304
99305
99306
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If you did an inpatient consult, but the carrier does not accept consult codes, the Medicare guideline specify you may use initial inpatient 99221-99223. They also state if you do not meet 99221 (sinc... [ Read More ]
SNF service Initial encounter billing Florida
Hello, I have a found one question that the when we bill for SNF service with Florida state, can we capture initial CPT (99304,99305,99306) with NP provider? I have found one document that the we can... [ Read More ]
Inpatient E & M
[QUOTE="csperoni, post: 510908, member: 164618"] Actually, if you did a consult, but the carrier does not accept consult codes, the Medicare guideline state you may use initial inpatient 99221-99223. ... [ Read More ]
Inpatient E & M
[QUOTE="csperoni, post: 510908, member: 164618"] Actually, if you did a consult, but the carrier does not accept consult codes, the Medicare guideline state you may use initial inpatient 99221-99223. ... [ Read More ]
Inpatient E & M
Actually, if you did a consult, but the carrier does not accept consult codes, the Medicare guideline state you may use initial inpatient 99221-99223. However, not all carriers follow that same guida... [ Read More ]
SNF Billing 99306
My provider is covering for another provider in a nursing home (SNF). He is not in the same practice/group as the provider he is covering. When he sees patients for the first time, would we bill the i... [ Read More ]
inpatient coding
There is definitely some conflicting advice on this, depending on who is giving the advice. When CMS did away with consult codes, they advised multiple physicians could bill for 99221-99223. The admi... [ Read More ]
Claim denials from Blue Cross
If you are talking about inpatient consult codes 99251-99255, I will note 2 things: 1) A consult from a coding perspective has a very particular definition (3Rs) and most requests from another healt... [ Read More ]
Help with E/M Assisted Living Facilities 99324-99328
[HEADING=3]I was doing some research on this. Our POS is 31. According to this article, initial visits may only be provided by physician. But it sounds like an assisted living facility is different an... [ Read More ]
Help with E/M Assisted Living Facilities 99324-99328
Hi thanks for your response regarding assisted living facility codes. For nursing homes, we were told codes 99304-99306 are for initial visits and only MDs can use these codes. NPs and PAs always use ... [ Read More ]
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