CatchTheWind
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A patient sees the PA for follow-up on a the doctor's diagnosis and plan, but during the visit the PA diagnoses a new, unrelated condition. My understanding is that the visit cannot be billed incident to, but the doctors are giving me a hard time, stating that what matters is the condition the patient came in for. Who is right?
And another issue: The PA saw the patient for a suspicious lesion and did a skin biopsy. The result was skin cancer. So the PA documented his plan of care, the doctor signed off on it, and now the PA is excising the lesion. Can this be billed incident to because the doctor signed off on the plan of care???
Can you provide sources that I can bring to the doctors? Thanks!
And another issue: The PA saw the patient for a suspicious lesion and did a skin biopsy. The result was skin cancer. So the PA documented his plan of care, the doctor signed off on it, and now the PA is excising the lesion. Can this be billed incident to because the doctor signed off on the plan of care???
Can you provide sources that I can bring to the doctors? Thanks!
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