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Anyone hear of this? Does the dr need to be treating or monitoring the pt for Diabetes?
Thanks,
Edward
I am being told that a preventive visit is covered, as in 99396 or 99397 but I cannot get claims to scrub with these codes. Just recently I have started getting rejections and / or patients being billed for these visits. Plan states there is a preventive code but they wouldn’t give it to me.
Please help!..Thanks so much
Thanks!!!!
I select B N87.9 but this is marked wrong… why?
Thanks for any rationale you can provide!
Look to ICD-10-CM encounter codes when the testing is preventive, not diagnostic. ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes support medical necessity by identifying the reason for the patient encounter, which may include an acute injury or illness, a chronic health condition, or signs and symptoms (e.g., pain, cough, shortness of breath, etc.) that warrants further investigation. When a […]
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I want to become a proctor of AAPC exams please let me know the procedure to be followed and requirement.
Regards,
SK.MD.AFZAL, CPC-A
Senior medical coder
I know it is hard for a new coder to break in to the field just want to find a way to keep the dust from settling on my skills that I have worked so hard to get.
Thanks for any ideas you might have.
Katrina
I may be thinking way too much, but when I see verbiage as [presents for] "preventive health care"; "patient here for check-up"; presents for "physical examination" my first thought is to be wary on changing the CPT code from a preventive to a problem-driven E&M code.
The documentation has minor problems notated in the A&P, all established problems. To me, these established problems, would not warrant a problem-driven E&M code, as I feel they are minor components and would be bundled with the preventive exam codes.
I’m stuck here. Does anyone have any suggestions on this? We are working to educate the providers and staff, which is a positive step! But I don’t feel these visits should be changed. Is there any acceptable reasons that the visit can be changed from a preventive code to a problem-driven CPT code?
Thanks,
Beth