dje10008
Contributor
For Radiology Services PC/TC indicator 2 (93016 and 93018) done in the facility. Would the provider use the date the test was done or the date of review and interpretation. The note below looks to be more for indicator 1 codes.
Also, if the test was done on Monday, but the provider dictates on Tuesday, but doesn't sign the document until Wednesday. Would the "review and interpretation" be considered completed on Wednesday?
Radiology Services
Typically, radiology services have two separate components: a professional and technical component. These services will have a PC/TC indicator of “1” on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File. The technical component is billed on the date the patient had the test performed.
When billing a global service, the provider can submit the professional component with a date of service reflecting when the review and interpretation is completed or can submit the date of service as the date the technical component was performed. This will allow ease of processing for both Medicare and the supplemental payers. If the provider did not perform a global service and instead performed only one component, the date of service for the technical component would the date the patient received the service and the date of service for the professional component would be the date the review and interpretation is completed.
Also, if the test was done on Monday, but the provider dictates on Tuesday, but doesn't sign the document until Wednesday. Would the "review and interpretation" be considered completed on Wednesday?
Radiology Services
Typically, radiology services have two separate components: a professional and technical component. These services will have a PC/TC indicator of “1” on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File. The technical component is billed on the date the patient had the test performed.
When billing a global service, the provider can submit the professional component with a date of service reflecting when the review and interpretation is completed or can submit the date of service as the date the technical component was performed. This will allow ease of processing for both Medicare and the supplemental payers. If the provider did not perform a global service and instead performed only one component, the date of service for the technical component would the date the patient received the service and the date of service for the professional component would be the date the review and interpretation is completed.