mstallings
Guest
I would like to know what other office's are doing out there regarding billing pre-op visits.
Currently- our ortho dept. sees a patient in the office -decision for surgery is made...however the surgery may not happen for 30 days- the hospital requires a current H&P...so surgeon may bring patient back in to update. He is not billing however using a 99025/NC which is a code from 2007. This code was just recently taken off the tickets- because of not being a valid CPT any longer....so the doctor wonders what he should do.
He has been told he cannot bill an E&M if he is just bringing patient back in to update the H&P. All components are the same, nothing has changed.
How are you capturing this encounter? Doesn't matter if it is ortho, general surgery etc. Thanks!!!
Currently- our ortho dept. sees a patient in the office -decision for surgery is made...however the surgery may not happen for 30 days- the hospital requires a current H&P...so surgeon may bring patient back in to update. He is not billing however using a 99025/NC which is a code from 2007. This code was just recently taken off the tickets- because of not being a valid CPT any longer....so the doctor wonders what he should do.
He has been told he cannot bill an E&M if he is just bringing patient back in to update the H&P. All components are the same, nothing has changed.
How are you capturing this encounter? Doesn't matter if it is ortho, general surgery etc. Thanks!!!