tci E/M Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q4

Reader Questions: Add This Knowledge to Your Nurse Visit Know-How

Question: An established patient with anemia visited our office to receive a vitamin B-12 injection. The nurse administered the injection and the patient left. The nurse wants to report 99211 along with the injection code, but the coding director says we cannot do that. Who is right? Louisiana Subscriber Answer: Based on the information you’ve provided, it sounds like the coding director is right. The main obstacle to correct coding for nurse-administered injections is knowing whether the nurse and the provider met the parameters for reporting 99211 (Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of...

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