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DME Billing Inquiry
With Medicare, some of our patients come in on a different day other than the office visit to pick up their DME. Do we use the date they pick up the DME item or the date of the office visit for billing?
Tongue Lesion Excision
My physician always bills a glossectomy CPT code 41120 when removing a lesion from the tongue. Is this correct?
Repairs following Mohs Surgery
Our Mohs surgeons will sometimes perform an adjacent tissue transfer or a flap after Mohs surgery. They want to bill an E/M service with Modifier 57 since they decided to do the flap after Mohs. I don’t think this is correct. Can you help clarify?
Denials for Initial Hospital Care and Observation E/M Codes: 2024
We are experiencing denials when we bill 99221-99223 and the place of service is observation (outpatient hospital). Are we doing something wrong?
DME Billing Inquiry
Do you have any tips on how to handle Medicare Replacement/Part C/Advantage patients for possible non-coverage?
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