Archive for The Day of June 1st, 2006
Archive for the Day of June 1st, 2006
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of June 1st, 2006.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during June 1st, 2006.
You can browse this day's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.
History of Present Illness and Your Medical Billing
When to combine history of present illness and review of systems causes a lot of confusion among many practices. However it is possible to do and is perfectly acceptable to document an element once to account for HPI and ROS. In many instances, a physician will leave a medical billing company with tons of documentation for a review of systems, but not enough information for the history of present illness. The physician is missing out on some additional revenue by not documenting the ROS. The CMS states that physicians do not need to document an element two times for medical billing purposes. It is perfectly acceptable to use one element …
Radiology Claims Continue to Rise
Radiology claims are on the rise and there are two types distinct types of radiology claims, evaluation and management. Both are valid reasons for radiology and both need to be reimbursed, however you need to make sure that your documentation backs up the coding that is used in your medical billing claim. Radiologists can perform several types of services. One of these services is an evaluation and management session. When doing medical billing for a radiologist it is important to make sure a session meets three categories before coding it as evaluation and management session. The three categories are: request, render, and report. The first necessary element for a radiologist …
