Medical Billing Forum
Billing => Billing => : MBP February 01, 2010, 12:17:52 PM
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this may be a stupid question.. does medicare have various coverage plans within plan A and plan B? i just received an RA with a rejection for 99205 saying non-covered charges.. i always thought there was only plan A and plan B and benefits for all people covered by those plans were same..
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There is Medicare Part A & Part B. Part A is for facility fees, Part B is for professional fees. There must be another denial code on the eob stating the reason that the 99205 is not a covered service.
Michele
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http://www.arkmedicare.com/provider/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=6947
http://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2000/05/prevention.htm
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thank you Michele and Charlene, i figured switching from consultation codes to new patient ones will not be that easy... all the instructions i have read said go for new patient office codes so i dont get it - why the denials now? what should i do now? appeal it? it was for the consult that would have been billed as 99245..
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If the patient is not a new patient to your office you need to use established patient code. If the patient was seen in the past 2 years, Medicare will not allow another new patient visit.
Michele
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the patient is a new patient, never before seen in this office. he was referred for consultation... i will just try to send it out again i guess and if it gets rejected again i can call them. >:(
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Isn't there another rejection code on the eob? The 'non covered service' is a generic one. There should be a more specific one.
Michele