tlm5506
Networker
Hello.
I have tried researching this issue and I just come up with conflicting information and old information that I believe is no longer effective when it comes to billing 93010 when the interpretation is done a day or two later than when the EKG is performed.
Most of the EKGs that we bill for are done in the ER or an outpatient setting and the physicians are not reading and interpreting them until a day or two later. We have been billing them by the date that the interpretation was done by the physician and not when the EKG was actually performed. I have heard and read that this is not the correct way to bill CPT code 93010 and that it should be the date that the EKG was performed. I am really looking for some guidance on this issue because, as I stated previously, I am hearing and reading conflicting information on this subject.
I am hoping someone can help. I just need to know if the correct DOS would be the date the EKG is performed or when the EKG is read and interpreted by the physician when that date is not the date the EKG was performed.
Thanks.
I have tried researching this issue and I just come up with conflicting information and old information that I believe is no longer effective when it comes to billing 93010 when the interpretation is done a day or two later than when the EKG is performed.
Most of the EKGs that we bill for are done in the ER or an outpatient setting and the physicians are not reading and interpreting them until a day or two later. We have been billing them by the date that the interpretation was done by the physician and not when the EKG was actually performed. I have heard and read that this is not the correct way to bill CPT code 93010 and that it should be the date that the EKG was performed. I am really looking for some guidance on this issue because, as I stated previously, I am hearing and reading conflicting information on this subject.
I am hoping someone can help. I just need to know if the correct DOS would be the date the EKG is performed or when the EKG is read and interpreted by the physician when that date is not the date the EKG was performed.
Thanks.