Under Medicare only one specimen collection charge can be billed per encounter. Back to Index Certain procedures allow the billing of supplies in addition to the procedure itself. Note that only one tray can be billed regardless of the number used. A patient called requesting a physical exam appointment. During the routine exam the patient states he also has fatigue and joint pain.
Doctor continues routine exam and evaluates and initiates further testing for other diagnoses.
All documentation is on one record. You can charge for both. Index A surgeon new to our practice brings his former patient load with him. Some of the patients he is treating are postoperative. The surgery took place when he was with the other practice and he is doing the follow-up after he joined our practice.