Reader Questions:
Code Services Completed Before Patient Took Off
Published on Wed Feb 22, 2006
Question: Can I submit a claim for an oncology patient who undergoes treatment planning but doesn't return for therapy?
Idaho Subscriber
Answer: You may submit a claim for any services completed before the patient notified your practice that he would not return.
Example: You have documentation for an initial evaluation, treatment planning CT, and planning and dosimetry services. Your claim may include the following, depending on your documentation:
- the appropriate E/M code
- therapeutic radiology treatment planning (77261-77263)
- simulation-aided field setting (77295, Therapeutic radiology simulation-aided field setting; 3-dimensional)
- physics, dosimetry, and other special services (77300-77321)
- treatment devices (77332-77334)
- initial simulation (77280-77290).