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pattil88:
Maybe this will help - this article deals w/psychological testing and date of service:

https://questions.cms.hhs.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/9182

rdmoore2003:
I was able to find this on cms website:

The psycholoist is expected to bill for the work he/she performed on that date of service.  If all of the testing is conducted by a psychologist, then the professional code should be billed for the time spent on test administration, interpretation and report preparation, as well as integration of previously interpreted test results into a comprehensive report ( 96101)

Only the appropriate technician administered or computer administerd codes can be billed on the actual date of service if a psychologist interprets and writes a report on individual tests administered by a technician (96102) or computer (96103).  The interpretation and reporting of the individual test results by the psychologist which may sometimes occur on a different date than the testing date are already captured in the payment for the technician and computer-administered codes.

I also found this with bc and magellan etc.   Is the interpretation that since he does the report on a different day for 96101, that it can be billed as date of report????

PMRNC:

--- Quote ---I was able to find this on cms website:

The psycholoist is expected to bill for the work he/she performed on that date of service.  If all of the testing is conducted by a psychologist, then the professional code should be billed for the time spent on test administration, interpretation and report preparation, as well as integration of previously interpreted test results into a comprehensive report ( 96101)

Only the appropriate technician administered or computer administerd codes can be billed on the actual date of service if a psychologist interprets and writes a report on individual tests administered by a technician (96102) or computer (96103).  The interpretation and reporting of the individual test results by the psychologist which may sometimes occur on a different date than the testing date are already captured in the payment for the technician and computer-administered codes.

I also found this with bc and magellan etc.   Is the interpretation that since he does the report on a different day for 96101, that it can be billed as date of report?Huh
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No, what it means is that if the report was done separately on another day it was already captured in the pmt for the administered code on the testing date.

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