Can a Family Medicine Provider bill a CPT from the Pathology/Lab series?
Office note: KOH shin prep was negative
CPT 87220
DX: R21 rash
Office note: KOH shin prep was negative
CPT 87220
DX: R21 rash
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Individual or Family Psychotherapy?
Hello. I’m a bit green to family psychotherapy and need some clarification on what qualifies as family psychotherapy.
So I have a provider who sees a mother and adult son for therapy. The adult son invites his mother to participate in his sessions. However, from the providers notes, the mother interjects only at the prompt of the provider or not at all during the session. Is this still considered family psychotherapy because she was present in the session?
Thanks for any input in advance,
Amanda
Family practice/Medicaid and ADHD patients
Good morning.
I was wondering if someone could guide me through how to code for ADHD patients and medicaid. I am billing New/Est patient E&M codes with the dx. code of F90.9 but we are getting denials from medicaid stating "Payer indicates that this service is not covered or allowed". Am I coding this correctly? Can anyone advise me on what we should do?
Thank you.
I was wondering if someone could guide me through how to code for ADHD patients and medicaid. I am billing New/Est patient E&M codes with the dx. code of F90.9 but we are getting denials from medicaid stating "Payer indicates that this service is not covered or allowed". Am I coding this correctly? Can anyone advise me on what we should do?
Thank you.
Batesville Lady Blamed for Overbilling Medicaid for Preferred Family Health
A previous charging assistant at Preferred Family Health has been captured on doubt of Medicaid extortion. Vicki Chisam, 65, of Batesville is blamed for purposely putting forth false expressions to the Arkansas Medicaid Program from January 2015 to Nov. 9, 2015 in the interest of the facility. The excessive charges, as indicated by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, totaled about $ 589,000.
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Family hx of Cancer
Coding for family history of Cancer ? Does this include uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents? Would like feedback from local community.
well woman by family practice doc
I work for family practice docs and sometimes the patient is coming in for a pap/well woman exam. Commercial insurance. Should I be billing a 9939x with the Q0091? Because what if the patient decides to have an actual annual wellness visit a few months down the road? I would think it would get denied.
Codes 90846 and 90847 Family psychotherapy
Codes 90846 and 90847 Family psychotherapy
If there are siblings that are both patients to the provider. They are both seen the same day and at the same time, same provider, same session. Could 90846/90847 be billed for each sibling? As long as there is separate documentation for each sibling?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated, happy Friday 
family history of colon cancer
Hi,
I have heard that according to medicare guidelines family history should be considered only to first degree relatives. Is it right and if it is right do anyone have any reference mail or link for this.
Regards
Ritika Sinha
Family History
Doctor stated, "No family history items have been selected or recorded." for inpatient consultant. Does this credit toward to HPI?
Does family history of pancreatic cancer indicate a high risk screening colonoscopy?
My office often uses Z80.0 (Family history of malignant neoplasm of digestive organs) as the primary diagnosis for high risk screening colonoscopies. According to the alphabetic index and notes in the tabular list of the IDC-10-CM, family history of pancreatic cancer is included in Z80.0. The old patients account manager instructed the providers and coders that this means when a screening colonoscopy is ordered for a patient with a family history of pancreatic cancer it should be coded as a high risk screening (G0105). We have a new provider in our group that insists that a family history of pancreatic cancer does not make the colonoscopy a high risk screening. I cannot find any guidelines regarding family history of pancreatic cancer and screening colonoscopies. Does anyone know if it is appropriate or not to code a high risk screening?