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Reader Question:

No Injection Means No Pay

Published on Mon Feb 13, 2012

Question: I do the coding and billing for a urologist who is under the impression that when a patient takes home medicine like testosterone and Glukor injections for erectile dysfunction we should bill the service with the place of service (POS) being the office because the patient came to the office to pick up the injections to administer at home. The patient has come to the office for the E/M service and a urinalysis, and then takes the medication home with him. The doctor wants to bill everything on one claim with the same POS. I have explained to the doctor that if he codes for an office visit and a urinalysis that would be on one superbill or encounter form and the place of service is the office (11) and the medication he sends home with the patient should be on a separate super bill or encounter form with [...]
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