encomma-watson
Networker
Hello everyone, I have a question that has been bugging me for the last 2 months, I am the clinics Pro Fee Coder (about 5 clinics that I code for using the EPIC system). I work for a hospital in North Carolina and I have been told that the one clinic is a hospital based clinic. At this time, I have been told to use modifier TC for the first E/M (99202-99205/99212-99215) and modifier 26 for the 2nd E/M (99202-99205/99212-99215). For those of us you know, TC is technical components (used for Radiology or for special testing) as well as 26 modifier is the Professional component (for example 93010). Well, the providers that I work for do not do any special testing or do not read any special test (in example radiologist). Is there a modifier out there that I could use showing that our providers have seen the patient and that the hospital get the benefits of what we have done with the patient. Our providers are not hospitalist, they are family medicine and internal medicine and a couple of the providers have 2ndry specialty. Can anyone out there give me some help out here?