Priscilla Keogh
New
I have been coding for about 6 years, but have never worked at a teaching hospital. As far as I can tell after looking at the CMS website, in order for a teaching physician to bill an E/M visit, he must see the patient and put an attestation on the documentation that he examined the patient and agrees with what the resident has documented. I am being told by my compliance officer and higher ups not to hold the charge until physician attestation has been added, just let the physician knows he needs to do it and go ahead and bill the charge. This goes against everything I have been taught. What should I do?