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APC Answer Letter, February 2009

APC Answer Letter, February 1, 2009

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Billing radiology exams: Don’t bill two exams for radiology department services.

Cardiac Holter monitoring: Check medical necessity when billing over 48 hours.

Coding auditory MRIs: Learn which studies are separately reportable.

E/M auditing: Resolve differences between FI, facility methodologies.

Independently bilateral procedures: Find, use comprehensive list of independently bilateral procedures.

Lesion size: Don’t be tempted to use pathology reports for coding.

Modifier –GY:  Discover when, how to report modifier -GY when billing SADs.

Travel allowance: Bill properly for collection of specimens from homebound patients.

 

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