SDAlward
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We had a third party company bill our EKG reads done in the hospital and we have recently taken them back and there are some back and forth opinions about how to report these and I'm hoping someone can give me some clarification.
As far as the dx code to use, do we use the reason for admit/order or can we use the actual dx from the report. (e.x. patient admitted with abdominal pain (not payable) but the EKG interp says sinus tachy (payable), can I use the tachy?
Also, what DOS do we use? the date the test was done or the date the doctor read it. I noticed some say "unconfirmed" which I don't think we can bill because technically nobody read it?
As far as the dx code to use, do we use the reason for admit/order or can we use the actual dx from the report. (e.x. patient admitted with abdominal pain (not payable) but the EKG interp says sinus tachy (payable), can I use the tachy?
Also, what DOS do we use? the date the test was done or the date the doctor read it. I noticed some say "unconfirmed" which I don't think we can bill because technically nobody read it?