Hello,
My home health nurse spent time training staff on how to care for a patient in which she had been seeing twice weekly for home health visits. She billed G0490 which is her "normal" code for when she actually completes a home visit for a patient, however, on this particular day the patient was not involved. My nurse trained other nurses/MAs on how to care for the patient. I feel like I should be able to bill for the nurses time but G0490 wouldn't be appropriate because the patient was not involved in the training.
Thoughts?
My home health nurse spent time training staff on how to care for a patient in which she had been seeing twice weekly for home health visits. She billed G0490 which is her "normal" code for when she actually completes a home visit for a patient, however, on this particular day the patient was not involved. My nurse trained other nurses/MAs on how to care for the patient. I feel like I should be able to bill for the nurses time but G0490 wouldn't be appropriate because the patient was not involved in the training.
Thoughts?