Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

E/M Coding:

Rely on Split/Shared Visit Coding in Non-Office Settings

When incident-to’s impossible, split/shared coding could be a substitute. When your physician and a qualified nonphysician practitioner (NPP) team up to perform a service for a Medicare patient, you can always rely on incident-to coding … right? Well …: Not exactly. With few exceptions, incident-to encounters only occur at place of service (POS) 11 (Office), and can only occur if [...]
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