Does anyone know the correct way to report additional ICD codes to Medicare that exceed 12 on the first claim? If a provider has 15 diagnosis codes addressed at his/her visit, 1-12 will be reported on the claim but how to we make sure Medicare gets 13-15? We were adding them to a second claim with a category II code but then found out that ICDs are only credited when they are on a claim with a face-to-face encounter. We also know we can't bill a duplicate claim with the same E&M code with ICDs 13-15 because we will run into duplicate denials and then raise an audit flag for so many duplicate denials. Can anyone help?
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Wiki Reporting more than 12 ICD codes to Medicare
- Thread starter tatumroe
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Medicare's requirement is to report "up to 12 diagnosis codes" anything after that can not be reported.
CodingKing
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Pick and choose which are the most important and leave the rest off.