I have a general question and looking for some information.
My physician wants to bill out everything for services rendered to insurance even if there's a CCI edit or the cpt is defined as a separate procedure- everything regardless of all coding and billing guidelines per AMA and CMS. I informed him that this is fraudulent billing if he is aware the code combinations and surgeries going out are incorrectly billed. He still insisted he doesn't care and wants all codes to be billed out and to let the insurance decide what to pay for.
Can anyone advise me why this is not a good idea and where in writing does it say that this shouldn't be done and the consequences from this? I just don't think this is appropriate. This is why we have coders on staff reviewing and coding. Right?
My physician wants to bill out everything for services rendered to insurance even if there's a CCI edit or the cpt is defined as a separate procedure- everything regardless of all coding and billing guidelines per AMA and CMS. I informed him that this is fraudulent billing if he is aware the code combinations and surgeries going out are incorrectly billed. He still insisted he doesn't care and wants all codes to be billed out and to let the insurance decide what to pay for.
Can anyone advise me why this is not a good idea and where in writing does it say that this shouldn't be done and the consequences from this? I just don't think this is appropriate. This is why we have coders on staff reviewing and coding. Right?