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Ask A Rev Cycle Expert: Billing for Rental Equipment?

Is it appropriate to bill for rental equipment as a supply charge separately from the procedure charge? For instance, lithotripsy machine rented for an Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) procedure?

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Ask a Rev Cycle Expert: Medicare billing rules for SNS?

If a Medicare-enrolled provider or supplier receives drugs or supplies (including testing supplies) from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) or other drugs or supplies procured or provided by a governmental entity, what are the Medicare billing rules?

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Ask a Rev Cycle Expert: Charging for CPT 87811?

Lab testing supplies will be provided for free by the state. Should there still be a charge for performing the test (since the supplies are free), for the collection of the sample, or for both?

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Ask a Rev Cycle Expert: HCPCS for the SpineJack® system?

Is there a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code for the SpineJack® system? It is used during surgery for vertebral compression fractures.

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Ask a Rev Cycle Expert: Provider for nebulizer treatments?

Who else, besides a respiratory therapist, would be able to report a nebulizer treatment in a hospital outpatient department?

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Ask a Rev Cycle Expert: Alternate Coding for CPT 99417?

Please advise how to price CPT® code 99417 for prolonged E/M services. CPT® code 99417 became effective 1/1/2021, but Medicare does not allow this service on any outpatient bill type. We use the information from the fee schedules to build our fees, so how would I set this up?

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