richheller
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My question is related to billing multiple procedures performed during the same operative session. Let's say, for example, an outpatient came to the OR to have a PEG tube placed (CPT 43246), and multiple teeth extracted, in preparation for radiation therapy (D7140 x 6).
At our facility, we bill OR services by time, not by individual CPT/HCPCS. In a case like this, this results in multiple line items of 360 appearing on the UB, with the first line representing the first CPT/HCPCS and the vast majority of OR charges, and each subsequent line "borrowing" a $1.00 charge from the total OR time charge (as you can not have a $0.00 line item on your claim).
My question is... is this standard billing practice? Is there any documentation anywhere that specifically supports/denies this practice? Thanks in advance!
At our facility, we bill OR services by time, not by individual CPT/HCPCS. In a case like this, this results in multiple line items of 360 appearing on the UB, with the first line representing the first CPT/HCPCS and the vast majority of OR charges, and each subsequent line "borrowing" a $1.00 charge from the total OR time charge (as you can not have a $0.00 line item on your claim).
My question is... is this standard billing practice? Is there any documentation anywhere that specifically supports/denies this practice? Thanks in advance!
