Our Urologist has initiated Gentamicin Injections with a Bladder Instillation. We bill this with 51700 and J1580 2 units. This is great when the Urologist does a face to face and documents the procedure.
Here's the rub...I have charges from the nurse using those same codes. No Urologist documentation. Patient only saw the nurse.
Am I correct that the nurse can only charge a 99211 for this encounter? I want to be sure I'm thinking correctly before I start WWIII.
Please help!
Susan Patch, CPC
Here's the rub...I have charges from the nurse using those same codes. No Urologist documentation. Patient only saw the nurse.
Am I correct that the nurse can only charge a 99211 for this encounter? I want to be sure I'm thinking correctly before I start WWIII.
Please help!
Susan Patch, CPC