DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 10 (October)

More physicians billing for hyperbaric oxygen treatment of wounds, injuries

Take a look at hyperbaric oxygen chambers for wound therapy treatments at your practice - more and more of your peers are billing these services, a Part B News analysis shows. CMS allowed billing physician attendance and supervision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (99183, $189.35) for lower extremity wounds in diabetics in 2003 (PBN 1/13/03). The volume of services billed has more than doubled since then - with 465,406 services in 2008, up from 212,258 in 2002.

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