AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2001 Issue 2; FOR your INFORMATION

Billing outpatient surgical procedures correctly

It is not necessary to bill separate charges for each procedure when multiple surgical procedures are performed at the same session. The following excerpt is from Program Memorandum (PM) Transmittal A-01-50, April 12, 2001: A single charge listed under the revenue code that describes where the procedure was performed (e.g., operating room, treatment room, etc.) is acceptable on the same line as one of the surgical procedure CPT/HCPCS codes. The other procedure would be billed using the appropriate CPT/HCPCS code and the same revenue code, but with zero (0) charges in the charge field. In the past...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS.


The AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS includes:

  • The official publication for Level I HCPCS (CPT-4 codes) for hospital providers
  • Also specific Level II HCPCS codes for hospitals, physicians and other health professionals
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Full Archives back to 2001
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information page link back to related articles
  • View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AHA's Coding Clinic® - HCPCS +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.