tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 35

Part B Revenue Booster: Stop Repeatedly Making This $35 Mistake

Document your discharge services properly or you’ll be forced to downcode. How much time does your physician typically spend performing discharge services? If you aren’t sure of the answer, you could be coding these services improperly, and if the doctor’s documentation doesn’t specifically indicate the number of minutes he spends, then you might be forced to downcode every claim. Time Is of the Essence When your physician performs hospital discharge services, you have two codes in the range: 99238 — Hospital discharge day management; 30 minutes or less 99239 — ... more than 30 minutes. As...

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