Wiki quick question

[melissalynnfalkowski]

My dr orders a lot of echos/tees etc, when do I bill for his PC of these the day they are done or the day they are read?

 

[CHROMEa8]

My dr orders a lot of echos/tees etc, when do I bill for his PC of these the day they are done or the day they are read?

the day of procedure

 

[mhstrauss]

I respectfully disagree. CMS guidelines state to use the date that the interpretation was actually done, even if it doesn't match the date that the testing was performed. Here is a link to one of the MAC's. I know there is a CMS transmittal available, but I can't find it right now.

http://wpsmedicare.com/j5macpartb/claims/submission/dos-professional-component.shtml

Hope this helps!