Cardiology Coding Alert
Flow Chart:
Simplify Incident-To Billing With a Question by Question Approach
Published on Wed Sep 11, 2013
Follow the arrows to compliant claims.
Non-physician practitioners (NPPs) are an important part of the cardiology team and help maximize your practice’s profit potential. But once the service is complete, it’s your job to be sure the claim brings in every dollar earned, and not a penny more.
Use this handy tool, created by Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CENTC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC, president of CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J., to help you determine when you can bill services incident-to and when you can’t. Be sure to check your final decision against Medicare’s incident-to rules.
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