tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 32

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Home Is Where POS 12 Is, CMS Reminds Providers

Don't bill for a home-based service using the wrong place of serviceIf your physician is billing for visits to a patient's home or rest home, then you should make sure the place of service (POS) code matches the codes you're billing, reminds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.When you report evaluation and management codes 99321-99333, for "domiciliary or rest-home visit," you can use POS codes 13 (assisted living facility), 14 (group home), 55 (residential substance abuse facility) or 33 (custodial care facility.) But if you bill for a home visit using 99341-99350, you can only...

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