You Be the Coder:
Put Locum Tenens Rules to Work for You Using These Tips
Published on Wed Apr 20, 2016
Question: Our practice recently hired a locum tenens (LT) physician to fill in for a physician who is on maternity leave. I’ve never coded for an LT physician. Notes indicate that she recently performed a level-three E/M visit for an established patient. How do I code this scenario? Montana Subscriber Answer: You’ll code for the substitute physician’s services with Medicare — or [...]