inc1961
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Good morning,
We bill for a pain management physician who also owns his own laboratory analysis machine for urine drug testing.
We are running into an issue with the date that we bill the lab portion of the process. The patient typically comes into the office on one day for an office visit at which time a urine sample is obtained. The sample is frozen until the tests are run at a later date.
Should we be billing the lab portion on the same DOS as the office visit or on the date the test is actually run (which could be several days later)?
Thank you in advance for any insight!
We bill for a pain management physician who also owns his own laboratory analysis machine for urine drug testing.
We are running into an issue with the date that we bill the lab portion of the process. The patient typically comes into the office on one day for an office visit at which time a urine sample is obtained. The sample is frozen until the tests are run at a later date.
Should we be billing the lab portion on the same DOS as the office visit or on the date the test is actually run (which could be several days later)?
Thank you in advance for any insight!