You Can Code Preventive and E/M Services on the Same Day
Published on Mon Nov 21, 2011
Matching your dx to your CPT code is vital to your claim's success If you shy away from reporting E/M codes when you-re reporting a preventive medicine code, you are missing out on ethical reimbursement your ob-gyn deserves. Think this way: If you-re bringing your car in for an annual winterization and the mechanic says you need a new carburetor, then you will have to pay for both services, says Jan Rasmussen, PCS, CPC, ACS-GI, ACS-OB, president of Professional Coding Solutions in Eau Claire, Wis., who led the -Preventive Medicine- session at the 2008 Ob-Gyn Coding & Reimbursement Conference in Las Vegas. The mechanic will charge for both the winterization and the new carburetor. Therefore, you should bill both a preventive and problem E/M visit. First, Perfect How You Code Preventive Services When a patient comes in for her annual visit, some commercial carriers want you to apply a preventive [...]
