tci E/M Coding Alert - 2019 Issue Q4

Reader Question: Follow This Guideline, Keep Test Results, E/M Separate

Question: Following allergy testing, the physician meets with the patient to go over the results. The physician requests that we submit an E/M code in addition to the allergy testing. Is this allowed? Montana Subscriber Answer: The physician should not be billing for an E/M service to go over the test results following allergy testing. Inclusive in the patient’s allergy testing is time with the patient to review the results of the testing. For confirmation of this, you should look no further than the following CPT® guidelines located in the Medicine chapter at the beginning of the allergy...

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