KarinRaus
New
One of my providers asked this question, and it gets me wondering myself. If we see a patient for a wart removal, bill out the 17110, the wRVU's on that are lower than they are for a 99213. So his question was, would it be inappropriate to bill for the office visit instead, particularly since the 17110 always goes to the patient's surgical deductible, so they have a much higher out of pocket? My question on that would be, how would an auditor look upon that? We're not trying to get both, just one or the other, and the OV seems to be of greater benefit for both the doc and the patient than the procedure, in this case. Thoughts?