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    Wiki Pessary Supply Billing

    Does anyone know how Humana Medicare wants the Pessary (A4562) billed? We have always billed place of service 11, but recently are getting denials as invalid place of service. I asked the Humana representative where to find the policy and her only answer was "we follow Medicare's guidelines...
    • melheffley
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    • medicare pessary place of service
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Urology
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    Wiki Pessary

    I am reviewing charges for 57160 Fitting and Insertion of Pessary or other intravaginal support device. There is a clinic that is billing the 57160 and a physician is billing it the same day. Since this is done in the physician's office, why would the clinic be billing it? Seems like double...
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    Wiki Pessary Question-Our nurses usually

    Our nurses usually see the patients coming in to have there pessary romoved, cleaned, and reinserted. Tufts is stating that only a RN should be doing this in order to charge a co-pay. Anyone have more information to share about this matter? Thanks Heather :o
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    Wiki pessary

    I have a patient that came in for a pessary check-up and cleaning. Is there a V code for attention to pessary or is V53.99 as close as I'm going to find?
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