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Pelvic exam and Pap smear payment
I have a question concerning billing for pelvic exams and pap smears. I am told they are nonbillable services and that the physicians must just increase his E&M charge to cover it.
Question: I have a question concerning billing for pelvic exams and pap smears. I am told they are nonbillable services and that the physicians must just increase his E&M charge to cover it.
Answer: Medicare covers both, with certain limitations. Frequency allowed is determined by risk. To bill Medicare, you need to use a screening diagnosis code, usually v76.2 or v76.47. The procedure is billed with HCPCS codes, described in the chart below.
Usually, other payers do consider the Pap to be part of a preventive exam - and so also part of the E&M code. There are some payers in the country that have determined they will pay separately for the collection of the Pap smear when performed at the time of a routine preventive exam. Usually they provide written instructions to bill the Q0091 as an additional code. If the payer has issued that instruction, report the code.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
