ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

Place of Service Codes:

Apply New Place of Service Code 19 For Off Campus Hospital Services

Provider-based settings away from hospitals to get their own POS code in 2016. Although the emergency department place of service (POS) code 23 has not changed, there will be a new POS code for services rendered at outpatient settings that are not part of the main hospital campus starting Jan. 1, 2016. CMS announced Aug. 6 (Change Request 9231 to [...]
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