tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 29

Part B Coding Coach: Use this Case Study to Shore up Your Physiotherapy Severity Modifier Coding

Don’t forget to report the non-payable G codes, too. While G8990-G8992 are only for data collection purposes, if you don’t use them correctly on your physiotherapy claims, your claims will be returned to you unpaid. Add in the need for a severity modifier, and your coding can get complicated.  Solidify your physiotherapy coding knowledge by reviewing this case study and the appropriate coding requirements.  Scenario: The urologist sees a female patient with stress urinary incontinence (625.6, Stress incontinence female). The physician documents that the patient experiences leakage 80 percent of the time when she...

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