In an Ophthalomolgy practice where there MD's and ODs/optometrists my question is this:
Pt comes in for an exam and starts off with the optometrist and the Optometrist does all of the documentatio/testing but does not bill for his visit. pt has cataracts and then is sent down the hall on the same day to see the MD/Ophthalmologist in which he wants to bill a 99244 and use the optometrist as the referral source. I'm having trouble with this and hoping someone can help. I do know that for a consult code it cannot be a split shared visit?. Also the 3 R's.
thank you,
Susan
Pt comes in for an exam and starts off with the optometrist and the Optometrist does all of the documentatio/testing but does not bill for his visit. pt has cataracts and then is sent down the hall on the same day to see the MD/Ophthalmologist in which he wants to bill a 99244 and use the optometrist as the referral source. I'm having trouble with this and hoping someone can help. I do know that for a consult code it cannot be a split shared visit?. Also the 3 R's.
thank you,
Susan