maryanneheath
Guru
Hi everyone,
Boy I could sure use some help here. A specialty provider is billing a level 99215 AND a prolonged services code for EVERY PATIENT and EVERY VISIT. He does schedule an hour for each patient, and he does document the time well. I am really concerned about this and am wondering if anyone has any good articles / guidelines / something tangible I can show to the provider. Technically, yes, he has time documented correctly. And yes, as a specialty provider he does see some complicated cases. However, I have a hard time believing that every single patient warrants this kind of billing. Just to satisfy my curiosity, auditing by key components revealed level 99214s, and in a couple of cases, 99213s.
I hope I am making sense to you guys. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Boy I could sure use some help here. A specialty provider is billing a level 99215 AND a prolonged services code for EVERY PATIENT and EVERY VISIT. He does schedule an hour for each patient, and he does document the time well. I am really concerned about this and am wondering if anyone has any good articles / guidelines / something tangible I can show to the provider. Technically, yes, he has time documented correctly. And yes, as a specialty provider he does see some complicated cases. However, I have a hard time believing that every single patient warrants this kind of billing. Just to satisfy my curiosity, auditing by key components revealed level 99214s, and in a couple of cases, 99213s.
I hope I am making sense to you guys. Any help would be greatly appreciated.