tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2006 Issue 3

Get the Truth About Multiple, Same-Day E/M Services

With effort, you can get payment for unrelated problems If a patient visits your office twice on the same day, you may be able to report two separate E/M services, but you-ll have to put forth additional effort if you expect the payer to recognize your claim.Myth: Many coders believe that you can't bill Medicare for more than one E/M visit on the same day, and that you should combine two or more visits into one. Indeed, Medicare transmittal 1644 (August 1999) specifies, -Pay a physician for only one hospital visit per day for the same patient, whether...

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