by Medical Billing | Mar 17, 2020 | Medicare payment basics
CPT code and DescriptionU0001 – 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel should be used when specimens are sent to the CDC and CDC-approved local/state health department laboratories.U0002 – 2019-nCoV Coronavirus,...
by Medical Billing | Jan 30, 2020 | Medicare payment basics
Procedure code and Description• CPT 82270 (HCPCS G0107) – Colorectal cancer screening; fecal-occult blood tests, 1-3 simultaneousdeterminations; • HCPCS G0104 – Colorectal cancer screening; flexible sigmoidoscopy; • HCPCS G0105 – Colorectal cancer...
by Medical Billing | Jan 4, 2020 | Medicare payment basics
Partial Hospitalization Services Partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) are structured to provide intensive psychiatric care through active treatment that utilizes a combination of the clinically recognized items and services described in §1861(ff) of the...
by Medical Billing | Dec 26, 2019 | Medicare payment basics
Patient Discharge Status Code – Definition A patient discharge status code is a two-digit code that identifies where the patient is at the conclusion of a health care facility encounter (this could be a visit or an actual inpatient stay) or at the time end of a...
by Medical Billing | Dec 9, 2019 | Medicare payment basics
CPT Code Description99217 Observation care discharge day management (This code is to be utilized to report all services provided to a patient on discharge from outpatient hospital “observation status” if the discharge is on other than the initial date of...