Wiki Triage refers patient to clinic for office visit

[sherryballard]

If a patient goes to the Emergency Room and is seen by the Triage Nurse, she sends the patient to the clinic for an office visit. Can both Triage and Physician bill?

 

[mitchellde]

Triage would be the facility billing and yes depending on the facility criteria they can bill an encounter. If the clinic is a facility clinic then the facility can also charge a clinic encounter and the physician can charge a physician encounter with POS 22. If the clinic is not part of the facility but is the physician office, the yes the physician can charge the physician visit with a POS 11.

 

[sherryballard]

Thanks so much. That is what I was thinking just wanted to make sure.
Thanks again.