tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 2

Reader Question: Medicare Won't Recognize 'After Hours'

Question: A Medicare patient knocked on the door on a Friday when the office was closed. He was concerned that some medication the physician prescribed was having an adverse effect. The physician agreed to see the patient and performed an E/M service. May we report 99050 in addition to an office visit?South Carolina Subscriber Answer: Code 99050 (Services requested after posted office hours in addition to basic service) is listed as a "Status B" code in the Medicare fee schedule. This means that CMS has not assigned any relative value units to this service, and it is always...

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