I'm in jurisdiction J8 our mac has retired the LCD for 99183, also CMS states there is no NCD for 99183. but I have been using the following guide from AAPC coder to code and charge for a physician that does the HBO supervising, hope this helps: (ICD-9 ref codes at bottom)
CPT? Code 99183 Details
Code Descriptor
Physician or other qualified health care professional attendance and supervision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, per session
Notes:
0 (Evaluation and Management services and/or procedures [eg, wound debridement] provided in a hyperbaric
oxygen treatment facility in conjunction with a hyperbaric oxygen therapy session should be reported separately)
Lay Term
In this procedure, the provider attends and supervises the administration of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patient to
treat specific conditions, like decompression sickness faced by deep sea divers, burns, ulcers, and non healing wounds.
Clinical Responsibility
With the position positioned in a hyperbaric chamber, the provider establishes the chamber settings and supervises
the session, in which the patient is exposed to oxygen at a pressure higher than the normal atmospheric pressure. The
provider attends the entire session.
Terminology
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Delivery of oxygen in a compression chamber at a pressure greater than normal
atmospheric pressure, thereby increasing the oxygen supply in the blood supply.
Tips
Code 99183 reports the provider services only. The procedure is reported separately.
CPT?Guidelines
No CPT Guidelines found for this code
ICD-9 Vol1 Crossref
039.1, 039.2, 039.3, 039.4, 039.9, 040.0, 040.42, 444.21, 444.81, 449, 526.89, 728.86, 730.11, 730.12, 730.13,
730.14, 730.16, 730.17, 730.18, 730.19, 903.01, 903.1, 904.0, 904.41, 927.01, 927.02, 927.03, 927.09, 927.11,
927.20, 927.21, 927.3, 927.9, 928.00, 928.01, 928.10, 928.20, 928.21, 928.3, 928.8, 929.0, 929.9, 958.0, 986, 989.0,
990, 993.2, 993.3, 996.57, 996.90, 996.91, 996.92, 996.94, 996.95, 996.96, 996.99, V45.85,