LindseyModica
New
I work for a Cardiology practice of 8 physicians. Today they have questioned why I mainly bill level 2s for their hospital rounds. Their arguments are if a patient has congestive heart failure, or if they are post CABG, or if a patient is admitted for a tikosyn load then that should qualify them as a critical patient, which should boost their code. Documentation wise they will document, "patiently is post CABG, examine 5-6 systems, then list all of the cardiac and chronic diagnosis'. I'm feeling quite pressured from this. My question is how do you explain leveling to your physicians? I don't have a compliance person to speak with, or a practice manager that is knowledgeable about coding.