Pillow1
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Does a non physician practitioner (nurse practitioner) rendering services in a doctors office, need a supervising physician denoted on box 17 when it is not considered incident to ?
(the nurse practioners NPI is entered on box 24J and Nurse practitioner name is entered box 31)
PER CMS :for the CMS - 1500 The instructions effective 4/1/14 state:
Enter one of the following qualifiers as appropriate to identify the role that this physician (or non-physician practitioner) is performing:
Qualifier Provider Role
DN Referring Provider
DK Ordering Provider
DQ Supervising Provider
Enter the qualifier to the left of the dotted vertical line on item 17.
I know a non physician (Nurse Practitioner)can be the referring or ordering but my question is does the nonphysician(Nurse Practitioner) require a supervising physician in box 17 when it is not considered incident to ?
Thank you for any feedback.
(the nurse practioners NPI is entered on box 24J and Nurse practitioner name is entered box 31)
PER CMS :for the CMS - 1500 The instructions effective 4/1/14 state:
Enter one of the following qualifiers as appropriate to identify the role that this physician (or non-physician practitioner) is performing:
Qualifier Provider Role
DN Referring Provider
DK Ordering Provider
DQ Supervising Provider
Enter the qualifier to the left of the dotted vertical line on item 17.
I know a non physician (Nurse Practitioner)can be the referring or ordering but my question is does the nonphysician(Nurse Practitioner) require a supervising physician in box 17 when it is not considered incident to ?
Thank you for any feedback.
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