CPT^® 99462, Under Newborn Care Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99462 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Newborn Care Services.

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The provider performs the evaluation and management of a normal newborn on a day subsequent to the initial hospital evaluation.

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99462 and 99238 on the same DOS

[QUOTE="Skrepps, post: 506104, member: 702242"] I am new to hospitalist/newborn coding. I have a combined progress note/discharge summary. The hospitalist put up 99462 and 99238 for the same DOS. Is t... [ Read More ]

99462 and 99238 on the same DOS

I am new to hospitalist/newborn coding. I have a combined progress note/discharge summary. The hospitalist put up 99462 and 99238 for the same DOS. Is this okay to bill this way? Any advice would be g... [ Read More ]

initial hospital care visit for newborn

99460 is to only be billed by the provider that initially sees the baby. Whichever provider sees newborn on the second day is to bill 99462.... [ Read More ]

Buckeye Ohio - denial code M44

Is anyone familiar with this denial code? It means - Missing/incomplete/invalid condition code. Its denying on a bunch of newborn services (99460, 99462). I can not find anything, anywhere.... [ Read More ]

Medicaid Denials - Newborn Daily Visits

for our practice at Florida 99462 & 99239 is been denied even after linking to diagnosis Z38.00. Only cpt paid is 99460 with Z38.00. please help.... [ Read More ]

Question on billing multiple procedures on different days

I am billing the following codes and the second day of codes are being rejected. Any help would be appreciated. 06/25/19 99460-25 06/25/19 41010 06/26/19 99462-25 06/26/19 54150 06/27/1... [ Read More ]

Newborn Billing

Yes, 99462 subsequent care... [ Read More ]

Newborn E/M questions

[QUOTE="jdibble, post: 113471, member: 80630"]I have a couple of questions my billing dept has due to insurance denials - if someone could help me that would be great. I'm pretty sure what the issue ... [ Read More ]

Neonatology Coding

We are getting denials for newborn IP visits with DX Z38.00, and Z38.01. The denial is stating "the Dx is not acceptable for patients age". These are normal newborn visits. CPT codes 99460, 99462 and ... [ Read More ]

Newborn E/M questions

[b]Updates??[/b] [QUOTE="kjohnson, post: 114538, member: 3828"]I had posted this question in a couple different areas of this forum and have yet to recieve a reply. Since you are familiar with newbor... [ Read More ]

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