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Fee
item 00084 - Accompanying Patients to a Distant Hospital
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Fee
item 00084 may be billed when it is medically required for a
physician to accompany a patient to a distant hospital. The
following information will help you determine how to use fee
item 00084:
Bill
Fee Item 00084 for:
Services
not Included in 00084:
- Other medically
required services provided prior to time spent traveling
should be billed under the appropriate fee item(s) (e.g. visit
fee, 00081) and the time for performing these services should
not be included in the time billed under fee item 00084.
- Medically
required services provided at the distant hospital should
be billed under the appropriate fee item(s) and the time spent
performing these services should not be included in the
time billed under fee item 00084.
| Note: |
Out-of-office
hours premiums may be charged in addition to fee item 00084
when
applicable. |
Do
not bill fee item 00084 for:
| Note: |
Any
services provided during travel time are included in the time
billed under fee item 00084 and should not be billed in addition
to this item. |
| Tips: |
Always
provide the total time spent accompanying the patient in
the "start time" and "end time" fields of your claim. Provide
the sites that the physician traveled "from" and "to" in
your note record to ensure prompt payment of your claims.
Timing for 00084 begins when the physician leaves the hospital
with the patient, and ends when the distant hospital is
reached. |
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