65435 CPT code reimbursement bills for service when the physician performs removal of corneal epithelium with or without the utilization of chemo-cauterization (abrasion, curettage). Physicians perform surgery to remove the outer-most layer of the cornea (the clear tissue that covers the eyeball) by scraping or cutting it with a spatula or curette (e.g. 65435). 65435…
Preventive Medicine services are coded with CPT 99381, CPT 99382, CPT 99383, CPT 99384, CPT 99385, CPT 99386, CPT 99387, CPT 99391, CPT 99392, CPT 99393, CPT CPT 99394, CPT 99395, CPT 99396 & CPT 99397. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System are coded with HCPCS G0402, G0438 & G0439. This article outlines the coding guidelines…
Hepatitis B screening can be billed with the following codes. CPT 86704, CPT 86706, CPT 87340, CPT 87341 & CPT G0499. The ICD 10 codes for Hepatitis B and the CPT codes can be found below. CPT Codes For Hepatitis B Screening The descriptions of the CPT codes for hepatitis B screening are written down…
Ambulance transportation is a covered service when the patient’s condition is such that the use of any other method of transportation would endanger the patient’s health. CPT Codes For Ambulance Transport There are CPT codes for ground ambulance services that refers to both land and water transportation and selection of codes would be based on…
CPT- 90689 Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), inactivated, adjuvanted, preservative free, 0.25 mL dosage, for intramuscular use. Guidelines: The provider injects 0.25 mL of a four–strain influenza virus vaccine into a patient’s muscle to provide immunity to four forms of influenza, a severe and infectious respiratory disease; the vaccine is free of preservatives and derived…
Hospitals should submit HCPCS codes describing skin substitutes (Q4100 – Q4130) only when used with one of the CPT codes describing application of a skin substitute (15271-15278). These Q codes for skin substitutes should not be billed when used with any other procedure besides the skin substitute application procedures.
Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), colloquially referred to as black lung disease that results from breathing in dust from coal, graphite, or man-made carbon over a long period of time. Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis occurs in two forms: simple and complicated (Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF)). The symptoms are Chronic cough and Shortness of Breath The Department of Labor’s Black Lung…
Does Medicare pay for 99441 Telehealth Services? Medicare will pay for Telephonic services under following criteria 1. If the beneficiaries are presented from an originating site located either in a rural HPSA (health professional shortage areas) or in a county outside of an MSA (metropolitan statistical area). 2. Entities participating in a Federal telemedicine demonstration…
CMS reminds Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) physicians, providers and suppliers submitting claims to Medicare for payment that, as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), all claims for services furnished on or after January 1, 2010, must be filed with respective Medicare contractor no later than one calendar year (12 months) from…
