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In a nonfacility setting can one physician charge for a stress test supervision and another physician in the same practice for the interpretation? Or is everything included in 93015 regardless of what physician read the report?
but since this service is global since they own the equipment isn't everything included in one code as opposed to doing in a hospital where it can be separated out?
I had a typo in my previous post and have corrected
Yes, the 93016, 93017 and 93018 are all components of the 93015 so you can't code either of those 3 with the 93015
But you code under the physician that performed that service. Each physician wants his workload and reimbursement for the work he performed. But you still have to capture all 3 components of the 93015
Office
One Physician
93015
Split between 2 Docs
Doc A
93016 supervision, only
93017 tracing
Doc B
93018 interp and report, only
Hospital
One Physician
93016 and 93018
Split between 2 Docs
Doc A
93016 supervision, only