tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 15

CODING COACH: Keep Your Pulmonary Rehab Coding On Course With These 4 FAQs

These Q&A get you up to speed on correct coding and documentation for pulmonary rehabilitation payments. Whether your physician oversees an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program, or aims to expand inoffice PR services under the anticipated national coverage determination (NCD), your reimbursement could come up short unless you know exactly who should bill each code. While your local Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) still has the final word on PR specifics in your area, there are common threads on which Medicare is likely to base the NCD, expected on Jan. 1, 2010. Read  on for the answers to common...

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