CPT^® 99379, Under Care Plan Oversight Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99379 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Care Plan Oversight Services.

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Report this service when the provider supervises the care provided at a nursing facility, overseeing the plan of care. For 99379 the provider should spend 15–29 minutes on the patient’s indirect care.

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Nursing home visit coding

[QUOTE="SharonCollachi, post: 486517, member: 654943"] Wow. Malpractice casing waiting to happen. [/QUOTE] Thanks for your help. After further investigation, 99379 accurately codes this situation, ... [ Read More ]

Is there any billable charges in this scenario? Need assistance please

Medicare is clear; there must be a face-to-face encounter in order to bill for most professional services. However, if the provider is performing SNF oversight, look at 99379, although Medicare doesn... [ Read More ]

S0310--Hospitalist Services

[b]S0310, in addition to.....[/b] So far, no payers that I can find cover this, but if you do bill it, I found the below info that it is listed separately in addition to the appropriate evaluation an... [ Read More ]

Care plan over-site billing

As far as codes 99374-99380 go here are the definitions and requirements: 99374 Supervision of a patient under care of home health agency (patient not present) in home, domiciliary or equivalent env... [ Read More ]

Billing Cardiologist visit w/ family member??

99379 or 99380. They are time based. I believe you would use the Dx codes that the doc is supervising on.... [ Read More ]

Help for billing code 99375 medicare

There ar different codes depending on the patient's setting, 99374-75 are for patients under the care of a home health agency, 99377-78 are for hospice patients and 99379-80 are for nursing home patie... [ Read More ]

RHC billing for CPO's

Does anyone out there bill for care plan oversights under a rural health clinic? If so, how do you bill? Thru Medicare part B? Or under the RHC? Thank you! What about a nursing home care plan ove... [ Read More ]

Home Health Help

Maybe this will help. [url]http://www.aafp.org/fpm/FPMprinter/20050500/23howt.html?print=yes[/url] How to Document and Bill Care Plan Oversight You're probably already doing the work. Here's how... [ Read More ]

CPT Code 99380

[b]Counseling / Coordination of care[/b] If the physician was face-to-face with the patient and primarly providing coordination of care, then use the time spent to determine the level of E/M. The ph... [ Read More ]

medicare home health svc codes

Hi everyone, I am a first timer & love the forums. I would like to know if the HCPCS codes or the cpt codes need to be billed for Medicare Advantage Carriers. I am talking about G0179-G0182 vs 99374... [ Read More ]

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