Pillow1
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Does a a non physician (nurse practioner) rendering services in a doctors office, need a supervising physician qualifier denoted on box 17?
(the nurse practioners NPI is entered on box 24J and Nurse practioners name is entered box 31)
PER CMS :for the CMS - 1500 The instructions effective 4/1/14 state:
Enter one of the following qualifiers as appropriate to identify the role that this physician (or non-physician practitioner) is performing:
Qualifier Provider Role
DN Referring Provider
DK Ordering Provider
DQ Supervising Provider
Enter the qualifier to the left of the dotted vertical line on item 17.
I know a non physician (Nurse Practioner)can be the referring or ordering but my question is does the nonphysician(NursePractioner) require a supervising qualifier DQ of the supervising physician in box 17?
Thank you for any feedback.
(the nurse practioners NPI is entered on box 24J and Nurse practioners name is entered box 31)
PER CMS :for the CMS - 1500 The instructions effective 4/1/14 state:
Enter one of the following qualifiers as appropriate to identify the role that this physician (or non-physician practitioner) is performing:
Qualifier Provider Role
DN Referring Provider
DK Ordering Provider
DQ Supervising Provider
Enter the qualifier to the left of the dotted vertical line on item 17.
I know a non physician (Nurse Practioner)can be the referring or ordering but my question is does the nonphysician(NursePractioner) require a supervising qualifier DQ of the supervising physician in box 17?
Thank you for any feedback.
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