Archive for The Day of June 15th, 2006
Archive for the Day of June 15th, 2006
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of June 15th, 2006.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during June 15th, 2006.
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Getting the Best Reimbursements for Injection Medical Billing Claims
If an ED physician performs an injection, infusion or hydration on a patient, there is a way to secure maximum reimbursements for your medical billing claims by looking for additional claims for separate evaluation and management services on the op report to secure all of your deserved reimbursement on these claims, the reason is anytime there is a separately identifiable and significant E/M service is provided, you can charge for both the E/M and the injection/infusion/hydration codes. The use of modifier 25 will make the claims payable with almost all carriers but there must be medical documentation to back it up to ensure reimbursement. .A good example of this would …
Medical Billing Dilemma – Dental Pain Codes
Finding the correct pain code when you’re compiling your medical billing can be a tricky issue, especially when dealing with dental matters. The trick to billing these types of procedures correctly is to narrow down the chief complaint. If a patient comes into the ED and presents a complaint of a dental wire sticking into their lip or tongue, you have a very clear chief complaint. If nothing was actually done to treat the issue but the patient was given advice such as checking with the dentist or getting supplies to relieve the pain from a local store, you can probably still get a reimbursement for the consultation services. In …
