tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 27

Quiz: Wondering if Your NPP Coding Is Up to Snuff? Test Yourself

Each time a nonphysician practitioner (NPP) provides services or treatment to a Medicare patient, you should be on the lookout for the opportunity to code the service incident-to the physician. But if you don't follow Medicare's strict guidelines for incident-to billing, you-ll only see partial payments and denials. Take this quiz to test your NPP knowledge.Question 1: One of your practice's nurse practitioners (NP) sees an established patient whom the physician has been treating for a urinary tract infection. The physician has seen the patient in the recent past and has established the diagnosis and initiated treatment or...

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