Pulmonology Coding Alert

This family visit reporting advice will help you apply the right regulations. Its time again to determine whether youre a Medicare coding ace or if you still need some assistance with your skills. Almost every Part B practice codes an E/M chart from time to time, but ample questions exist about how to properly report these services. Today were putting you to the test with a few reader-submitted questions that will help you understand Medicares complicated E/M billing and coding rules. After you review these three Medicare Part B test questions, turn to the next page to see how you fared. Do Different Specialty Practices Count? Question 1: I work for a large hospital with multiple groups of physicians of different specialties. Lately we have started seeing rejections for new patient visits from Medicare when the patient is indeed a new patient for a pulmonology practice because Medicare is saying [...]