CPT^® 99082, Under Miscellaneous Medicine Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99082 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Miscellaneous Medicine Services.

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The provider travels to facilitate patient care in a way not normally required, such as accompanying a patient in an ambulance or medical flight.

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Sending a nurse with a patient to another hospital

You should be able to use 99082- unusual travel (e.g. transportation and escort of patient). Since most services including the "Special Services, Procedures and Reports" now allow "other qualified he... [ Read More ]

billing travel

Hi, We have PT's, OT's, and others in our clinic that travel to the clients home. We bill a rate per 15 minutes of travel time. 99082 was previously used, but in review, it says it is for a physicia... [ Read More ]

Nurse Assisting EMS Transport

We had a pateint in our ER that needed to be transported to a higher level of care, but EMS was unable to handle it on their own, so it was medically necissary that a RN go with them in trasport. I've... [ Read More ]

Ambulance patient transport with DR on board

Thank you, it does help! Patient's are between the ages of 23 - 64 yrs. We're using POS 41, and agree with you on using the critical care codes. For the 99082 are we indicating that code without ch... [ Read More ]

Ambulance patient transport with DR on board

[b]Age of patient?[/b] If the patient is 24 months of age or younger you can use 99466-99467. If the patient is older ... Encoder Pro lists 99082 with the following lay description: [COLOR="Blue"]... [ Read More ]

Ambulance patient transport with DR on board

The scenario is....we've had several cases of the H1N1 flu where 2 physicians have had to travel to the outlying hospitals to perform ECMO procedures (36822), & once the patient is stable, the DR is i... [ Read More ]

Expert review of ambulatory surgical center and related charges

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Transportation Codes

I had a similar problem with this code. Our company (inpatient rehab center) was tranporting patients to their appointments . Carriers specifically Work Comp were denying this code so I would use T2... [ Read More ]

Transportation Codes

:( I Work In Chicago....we Have A Transportation Service That Picks Up Our Patients For Surgeries Of Dr's Visits Etc....how Do I Bill This? Seems That The Code 99082 Has A Very Fine Line...help Please... [ Read More ]

Any code for pt transport?

liz3strikes - 99082 is used in adjunct to basic services rendered. The physician reports this to indicate unusual travel for the purpose of transportation or accompanying the patient.... that code is... [ Read More ]

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