tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 18

Two Doctors, One Emergency

Who Can Bill 99281-99285? How can you cope with a situation in which one patient saw more than one physician in the emergency room? Especially if one of those physicians wasn't an ER doc, it can be confusing and vexing.   Part of the problem comes from a mistaken belief that only ER docs can bill for ER codes, experts say. It states clearly in the front of the Current Procedural Terminology book that any qualified physician can bill for any code in any setting, says David McKenzie, director of reimbursement with the American College of Emergency Physicians in...

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