tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue 3

Reader Question: Does Q6 Apply to Nurse Practitioner?

Question: Are we allowed to report a nurse practitioner’s (NP) services to Medicare with a locum tenens modifier? He is filling in for one of our NPs who is on medical leave following surgery. SuperCoder Subscriber Answer: No, you cannot report modifier Q6 (Service furnished under a fee-for-time compensation arrangement by a substitute physician; or by a substitute physical therapist furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area) to Medicare for an NP’s service. Here’s why: Modifier Q6 was originally designed to represent locum tenens ...

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