tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 14

To Bill Same-Day E/M Service, Documentation Must Justify Scope

Check out this handy list of 10 scope indications. When your physician performs an E/M service along with a laryngoscopy, you cannot always report both services. Unless your doctor provides a mini operative report of the scope’s findings, then you can bet you’ll only be paid for one of these services. Here’s how to tackle this problem and how to solve it — once and for all. Identify The Scope and E/M Service Issue Background: In a policy statement on flexible laryngoscopy, the AAO-HNS states, “Flexible laryngoscopy should not be considered a routine part of...

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