Archive for The Day of November 9th, 2006

Archive for the Day of November 9th, 2006

Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of November 9th, 2006.

Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during November 9th, 2006.

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Better Reimbursements With Central Venous Access Billing

Make sure that you’re using the proper medical billing codes when reporting CVA services, if you’re not using CPT codes 76937 and 75998, you may not be getting the full reimbursement for this service. If a physician performs an ultrasound guided procedure, the code 76937 will give additional money for the procedure. This code means: ultrasound guidance for vascular access requiring ultrasound evaluation of potential access sites, documentation of selected vessel patency, concurrent real-time ultrasound visualization of vascular needle entry. This means 76937 can be billed separately from the CVA placement code. One thing to note is that this code is only allowed one time per session in medical billing

Published By: Kathryn E, CCS-P - Retired | No Comments