tci E/M Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 6

Medicare: Incorrect Incident-to Billing Could Cut Into $$

Keep your bottom line strong with incident-to coding smarts. Coders who don’t know the guidelines of incident-to billing could be inadvertently committing one of two sins: 1. Reporting incident-to services that don’t qualify for that designation, which would pay your practice additional, unearned money.2. Not reporting incident-to services that qualify as incident-to, which would deprive your practice of entitled money. Neither mistake is advisable, for obvious reasons. Be sure your incident-to billing is spot-on so you can make the right decision every time. Incident-to Allows NPP to Provide ‘Incidental’ Services For a basic definition of...

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