sherriev
Networker
In the BH office that I code for, there are LPCCs, LCSWs, APRNs, and MDs(Psychiatrists). The office belongs to a hospital who has multiple offices. These offices bill under the same tax ID number. I am fairly new in healthcare and recently learned about different taxonomy group codes. I learned that our APRNs throughout the same organization cannot bill new patient e/m codes if another APRN in the organization has seen the patient. My question is if the patient has been seen by a Psychiatrist and then by an APRN in the same clinic, would the APRN be able to bill a new patient level e/m code?
Thank you!
Thank you!