tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2015 Issue 8

Reader Questions: Take This Expert Advice, On Billing For Extra Consultation Time

Question: One of our physicians spent 30 minutes speaking with a suicidal patient and wants to bill for the time. I don’t think we’re allowed to do that in the ED, but the physician wants me to report a prolonged visit code for “face to face” time. Should I? New York Subscriber Answer: You shouldn’t bill for the extra time. The 9928x (Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient…) series for emergency department E/M services is not time based, so billing for extra time using a prolonged services code does...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert.


You have ED coding questions, and we deliver money-in-the-bank answers to help you defeat your claim issues and secure optimal reimbursement.

Stay in the know and avoid federal reproach with your subscription to TCI’s ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1998 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.