Hospital based radiologist are involved in this procedure with the cardiologist. Cardiologist is billing 0148T and radiology practice desires to bill for add on code of 0151T. However, radiologist cannot bill this code alone since it is an add-on code and cannot be billed separately from the other professional services. The cardiology group has approached the radiology group about doing the billing for their piece (0148T) in theory this should allow radiologist to bill their add on (0151T) at the same time.
From a coding perspective is this correct, legitimate? From a billing perspective how does the HCFA show that the cardiologist did this piece and the radiologist performed this piece? Is it as easy as assigning a different provider to each procedure code? What does it look like on the HCFA? I assume the radiologist get paid for the entire procedure and then pay back the cardiologist. However, the radiologist does not perform the entire procedure, so the cardiologist has to appear somewhere on the claim I assume.
Any help with both the coding and billing aspect is most appreciated.
From a coding perspective is this correct, legitimate? From a billing perspective how does the HCFA show that the cardiologist did this piece and the radiologist performed this piece? Is it as easy as assigning a different provider to each procedure code? What does it look like on the HCFA? I assume the radiologist get paid for the entire procedure and then pay back the cardiologist. However, the radiologist does not perform the entire procedure, so the cardiologist has to appear somewhere on the claim I assume.
Any help with both the coding and billing aspect is most appreciated.