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Hi,
I work for a payer. We have an office that is billing the surgeon's charges on a HCFA (this is correct) and then billing on a UB for as a surgery center under bill type 831. When you pull up the NPI number listed on the UB it shows that they are a Specialty Practice. They have an Accreditation with the Commission for Ambulatory Health Care but it does not say Ambulatory Surgery Center. Are they able to bill with a bill type 831 on a UB and if so should they have a separate NPI number for the surgical suite?
I work for a payer. We have an office that is billing the surgeon's charges on a HCFA (this is correct) and then billing on a UB for as a surgery center under bill type 831. When you pull up the NPI number listed on the UB it shows that they are a Specialty Practice. They have an Accreditation with the Commission for Ambulatory Health Care but it does not say Ambulatory Surgery Center. Are they able to bill with a bill type 831 on a UB and if so should they have a separate NPI number for the surgical suite?