Internal Code Bundling
Does anyone have any knowledge of CMS guidelines regarding the following:
Our physician orders a Spiro (94010), Lung Volume (94727) and DLCO (94729), which is bundled into one code internally (e.g. PFT0045)
Billing goes out as three separate codes (see the above codes) with the appropriate diagnoses
Tests are resulted in one note, rather than individually
This is to save time for our doctors. Rather than clicking three orders and resulting three tests, it would be one. This bundled code would only be used by our group internally. The billing would go out the door correctly to the carrier.
Does anyone see a problem with this?
Our physician orders a Spiro (94010), Lung Volume (94727) and DLCO (94729), which is bundled into one code internally (e.g. PFT0045)
Billing goes out as three separate codes (see the above codes) with the appropriate diagnoses
Tests are resulted in one note, rather than individually
This is to save time for our doctors. Rather than clicking three orders and resulting three tests, it would be one. This bundled code would only be used by our group internally. The billing would go out the door correctly to the carrier.
Does anyone see a problem with this?
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