Hi All,
We've got a Dr who is coding a lot of 99215s and we've been changing them to 99214 or 99213 based on documentation. He has stated that "per CMS Guidelines NO ONE but the physician is allowed to change a code". Now we know that we are here to code and all of that, but we need to know WHERE does it say we can change a code? Our manager just got let go, so we need to know how to respond to him with proof of our own. It is not a situation where we can go to him and ask where he sees that we cannot change it either.
Can someone help us out here? We're Googling like crazy and cant find what we need to support that we are supposed to code correctly.
Thanks
We've got a Dr who is coding a lot of 99215s and we've been changing them to 99214 or 99213 based on documentation. He has stated that "per CMS Guidelines NO ONE but the physician is allowed to change a code". Now we know that we are here to code and all of that, but we need to know WHERE does it say we can change a code? Our manager just got let go, so we need to know how to respond to him with proof of our own. It is not a situation where we can go to him and ask where he sees that we cannot change it either.
Can someone help us out here? We're Googling like crazy and cant find what we need to support that we are supposed to code correctly.
Thanks