jdibble
True Blue
Our hospitalist was called to the ER to consult on a pediatric patient with a sore throat. The hospitalist did the consult and recommended that the patient be given antibiotics and be sent home. The hospitalist billed 99242. Now BCBS is denying claim stating that the procedure is inconsistent with the place of service and suggested billing the correct POS. They are denying this saying the 99242 is not payable in the ER.
Can someone offer what code we should be billing with? According to CPT this is the correct code for a consult in the ER, so I am not sure what they want. The ER doc billed the codes for the ER and since this is not a medicare patient, I know we can't bill that code too!
If anyone has any ideas of what code we should be billing - or if we coded this right, I would appreciate your response!
Thanks,
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Can someone offer what code we should be billing with? According to CPT this is the correct code for a consult in the ER, so I am not sure what they want. The ER doc billed the codes for the ER and since this is not a medicare patient, I know we can't bill that code too!
If anyone has any ideas of what code we should be billing - or if we coded this right, I would appreciate your response!
Thanks,
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