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CPT CODING FOR YOUR MEDICAL HOME
Richard Lander, MD, FAAP
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CPT FOR THE MEDICAL HOME Whose home is it?
MEDICAL HOME
Julian’s mom brings him complaining that he is tugging on his right ear.
After an examination you diagnose him with an acute otitis media and discuss treatment
Is this a medical home?
MEDICAL HOME
Erica admits to you she has had an alcohol problem for the last 6 months.
You help her find the appropriate care Is this a medical home?
MEDICAL HOME During your lunch break you take a
phone call from the pediatric gastroenterologist about your mutual patient Jeffrey. The GI doctor wants him to see an ENT and you agree
to take care of this Is this a medical home?
MEDICAL HOME The answer to all these questions is a
resounding YES. The pediatrician’s office has always been
a medical home. We invented it years ago!
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The AAP gave birth to the medical home as Pediatricians we have coordinated care for our
patients So what is Patient Centered Medical Home? it is the same thing but now with Internists and
Family Practitioners embracing the concept, it has a fancy name
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PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME
doing more for your patients than you did before to keep them in you home
face-to-face visits evaluation and treatment of ADHD treatment of warts minor surgery non-face-to-face visits care coordination
CPT FOR THE MEDICAL HOME So how do I code for what I do in the
PCMH?
What is coding and why is it important to me? Coding is how you will
make your living It tells the insurers and
auditors what the patient’s problems were and what you did for them
It’s how you get paid
Increase Reimbursement and Decrease Liability Through Physician Knowledge and Use of Coding
Increase revenues by increasing productivity without working harder !
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Basic CPT coding remains the same Learn the CPT codes as you coordinate
care for your patients Medical Team coding Physician and Non-Physician Prolonged services coding Category II codes
Well visit codes Very simple Only need to know if patient is “old” or “new” and the age
New patient – one not seen by you or the practice in 3 years
Well visit Codes –New Patients
99381 – under 1 year 99382 – 1 - 4 years 99383 – 5 - 11 years 99384 – 12 - 17 years 99385 – 18 – 39 years
Well Visit Codes – Established Patients
99391 – under 1 year 99392 – 1 – 4 years 99393 – 5 – 11 years 99394 – 12 – 17 years 99395 – 18 – 39 years
Evaluation and Management Codes
Routine sick visits Based on severity of illness and work done
If more than 50% of visit is counseling, then time is an element
E/M Codes
New patient codes require all 3 elements 99201-5 Established patients only require 2 out of 3 elements 99211-5 99211 – doesn’t require the presence of a physician
Office Visits – New Patient Codes 99201 99202 99203 99204 99205
History Problem Focused
Expanded Problem Focused
Detailed Compre hensive
Compre hensive
Exam Problem Focused
Expanded Problem Focused
Detailed Compre hensive
Compre hensive
Decision Making
Straight forward
Straight forward
Low complex
Moderate complex
High complex
Time FF 10 20 30 45 60 Key # 3 of 3 3 of 3 3 of 3 3 of 3 3 of 3
Codes 99211 99212 99213 99214 99215 History Not
Required Problem Focused
Expanded Problem Focused
Detailed Compre hensive
Required Elements
HPI 1-3 ROS N/A PFSH N/A
HPI 1-3 ROS 1 PFSH N/A
HPI 4+ ROS 2-9 PFSH 1/3
HPI 4+ ROS 10+ PFSH 2/3
Exam Not Required
Problem Focused
Expanded Problem Focused
Detailed Compre hensive
Required Elements
1 Area 2-4 Areas
5-7 Areas
>8 Areas
Decision
Not
Straight
Low
Mod
High
CPT FOR THE MEDICAL HOME Perhaps as a PCMH you will be providing
more services to you patients, i.e. procedures or as I like to call them the
PROCEDURES
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 10040 ACNE SURGERY 10060 I&D OF ABSCESS 10061 COMPLICATED OR MULTIPLE 10120 I&D FOREIGH BODY SUBQ 10140 I&D OF HEMATOMA OR FLUID COLLECTION
PROCEDURES
16000 INITIAL TREATMENT FIRST DEGREE BURN-LOCAL TREATMENT
16010-30 DRESSING AND/OR DEBRIDEMENT WITH/WITHOUT ANESTHESIA SMALL TO LARGE
17000-4 DESTRUCTION(ACTINIC) 17110-11 DESTRUCTION WARTS 17250 CHEMICAL CAUTERIZATION
PROCEDURES
26641 CLOSED TREATMENT OF CARPOMETACARPAL DISLOCATION THUMB WITH MANIPULATION
26670 NOT THUMB 26720 CLOSED TREATMENT OF PHALANGEAL SHAFT
FRACTURE WITHOUT MANIPULATION
PROCEDURES
30300 REMOVAL FB INTRANASAL 94150 NEWBORN CIRCUMCISION 54162 LYSIS OF PENILE POSTCIRC ADHESIONS 54450 FORESKIN MANIPULATION INCLUDING LYSIS
OF PREPUTIAL ADHESIONS
PROCEDURES
99173 SCREENING VISUAL ACUITY 94150 VITAL CAPACITY 94640 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR ACUTE AIRWAY
OBSTRUCTION 94664 DEMO OR EVALUATION OF PTUSE OF
NEBULIZER OR MDI 94667 MANIPULATION OF CHEST WALL
WELL AND SICK VISITS 3 y/o Joey comes in for her well visit. She
is wheezing and has subcostal retractions What do you do? a. cancel the well visit and treat the
asthma b. do both well and sick visits c. send her to the hospital d. check her insurance
WELL AND SICK VISITS d. check insurance first If the insurance company will not pay you
for both visits you have a decision to make-
a. do both visits and lose money b. perform the well visit and send her to
the ER c. treat the asthma and have the family
reschedule the well visit
WELL AND SICK VISITS
There is no “right” answer Personally I think that none of us should choose to
lose money because the patient’s insurance won’t pay for both visits.
The patient’s have chosen their insurance and they have to learn to live with the affects of their decisions
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Erica has come into the office wheezing. Here are your findings:
cc, hpi-5 items, ph, fh, ros-3, physical exam includes 7 systems
You give Erica a pulmonary function test and based on that a nebulizer treatment with Xopenx.
You then code the visit as 99214, 94010 and 94640 (if you purchased the Xopenex add j7614
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Let’s say that Erica needed a second nebulizer treatment. You would then notate the 94640 and repeat it with the modifier 76 after it. This tells the MCO that the same physician, on the same day performed the same procedure on the same patient again.
CPT FOR THE MEDICAL HOME Let’s change the scenario again. You send Erica
home after the first nebulizer treatment. You too go home. Erica gets worse, returns to the office where one of your associates evaluates her and repeats the nebulizer.
You now code the visit as 99214, 94640, 94640-76, 94010 a. True b. False
CPT FOR THE MEDICAL HOME b. false The repeat 94640 should not have the 76 modifier
as it wasn’t the same doctor. The 77 modifier is for the same patient, the same
day, the same procedure repeated but by another doctor.
So with the 77 modifier we are okay
a. true b. false
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b. false Everything is okay except for the 99214. With the
extra work provided by the second doctor in the afternoon you could now use 99215 and get paid more money!
MODIFIERS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT WAS DONE -25 SIGNIFICANT, SEPARATELY IDENTIFIABLE
E&M SERVICE BY THE SAME PHYSICIAN ON THE SAME DAY OF THE PROCEDURE OR OTHER SERVICE
NOT TO BE USED WHEN A DECISION IS REACHED TO PERFORM SURGERY
MODIFIERS
-63 PROCEDURE INFANT < 4KG -76 REPEAT PROCEDURE BY SAME PHYSICIAN,
SAME PT, SAME DAY -77 REPEAT PROCEDURE BY DIFFERENT PHYSICIAN, SAME PT, SAME DAY
MODIFIERS
-50 BILATERAL PROCEDURES -51 MULTIPLE PROCEDURES -53 DISCONTINUED PROCEDURE -59 DISTINCT PROCEDURAL SERVICE
You have spent 70 minutes with Jeffrey and want to be paid for your time.
a. 99215 b. 99215-25 c. 99215, 99354
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a. 99215-you lost money (code for 40 min) b. 99215-25 why? c. 99215, 99354 99354 prolonged face-face, 30-74 minutes
office or outpatient setting 99355 for each additional 30 minutes after
99354
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IN THE PCMH THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN THE PATIENT CARE IS NOT FACE-TO-FACE
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PROLONGED SERVICE WITHOUT PATIENT CONTACT
may be reported on a different date i.e. record review must relate to service where direct care
has or will occur total duration of time on specific date
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PROLONGED SERVICES WITHOUT DIRECT PATIENT CONTACT
99358 30-60 minutes 99359 each additional 30 minutes must be at least an additional 15 minutes
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MEDICAL TEAM CONFERENCE minimum 3 qualified healthcare
professionals face-to-face evaluation must have
taken place within 60 days time related to record keeping and
report generation not reported
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MEDICAL TEAM CONFERENCE, DIRECT CONTACT WITH PATIENT &/or FAMILY
99366-30 minutes+ nonphysician
MEDIAL TEAM CONFERENCE, WITHOUT DIRECT CONTACT
99367-30 minutes+ with physician 99368-nonphysician
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CARE PLAN OVERSIGHT SERVICES reported separately from the other
codes we have discussed services within a 30 day period only one physician may use this for a
given period of time-sole or predominant supervisory role
does not include low intensity or infrequent supervision
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CARE PLAN OVERSIGHT 99374-physician supervision of a patient
under care of home health agency, requiring physician development &/or revision of plans, patient status, etc
15-29 minutes per month 99375- 30 minutes or more
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CARE PLAN OVERSIGHT 99377-supervision of hospice patient 15-29 minutes 99378-30 minutes or more
99279-supervision of nursing facility
patient 15-29 minutes 99380-30 minutes or more
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COUNSELING RISK FACTOR REDUCTION no specific illness present diet and exercise substance abuse sexual practices injury prevention
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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
99401 15 minutes 99402 30 minutes 99403 45 minutes 99404 60 minutes
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BEHAVIORAL CHANGE INTERVENTIONS for behavior that is an illnesss to change harmful behavior that has not
yet become an illness
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99406-tobacco cessation 3-10 minutes 99407 greater than 10 minutes
99408-alcohol &/or substance abuse
structured screening and intervention 15-30 minutes
99409 greater than 30 minutes
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GROUP COUNSELING
99078 for patients with symptoms or
established illness 99411 preventive counseling or risk factor reduction
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NON-FACE-TO-FACE Telephone physician to patient cannot use if seen in next 24 hours cannot use if problem previously
addressed in last 7 days Online and must be permanently stored once in 7 days for a particular service cannot be used if previous e&m service
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TELEPHONE 99441 5-10 minutes 99442 11-20 minutes 99443 21-30 minutes
ONLINE 99444
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Since you want to have a medical home you also want to have a strong, and busy medical home
To help do this you will need to be able to recall your patients for vaccines and well visits
RECALL OR NOT TO RECALL ADVANTAGES
BRING PATIENTS INTO THE OFFICE Opportunity for annual examination CPT 99381-95 Opportunity to discuss health risks CPT 99401-4 Behavioral change interventions CPT 99406-9 Opportunity to vaccinate
RECALL OR NOT TO RECALL I’m so busy now how can I see more
patients and why should I? the why is easy,-it is to protect your
patients against the vaccine preventable diseases
RECALL OR NOT TO RECALL
Monetary advantages of bringing the patient in for a well examination
if you added one additional well visit per day to your schedule and were paid $100.00 for that visit you would increase your revenue for a 50 week year by$25,000.00
if you used any screening tools (PHQ9) and or the CPT codes 99401-9 (counseling/prevention) you could add an additional $7500.00
ADDITIONAL REVENUE
PROFIT ON THE VACCINE ITSELF 10-25% OVER ACQUISTION COST PEDIATRICIANS SPEND $100,000/doc profit $10-25,000
ADDITIONAL REVENUE VACCINE ADMINISTRATION FEES PAID BY ALL MCO INCLUDING MEDICAID $10-30 per vaccine 2500 patients per doc if you immunized 50% of your practice for
influenza the fees generated would be $12,500-$37,500 for administration only this alone would pay for 1 fulltime staff
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WHAT TO DO IF MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS WON’T ACCEPT THE CPT CODES?
renegotiate your contracts demonstrates cost savings with the
medical home demonstrate improved patient
outcomes with the medical home
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How else can you increase what you get paid for what you do?
NCQA Certification P4P Programs
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What are category II CPT codes? There were developed to simplify
reporting of performance measures. These are directly related to Pay-for-Performance programs which if you qualify for them, will put more money in your pocket for the same amount of work done.
CPT CATEGORY II
These codes describe the performance of a clinical service. The regular CPT codes are also reported.
The codes are grouped within categories based on, history, physical findings, assessment, plan, etc.
CPT CATEGORY II
The categories are: Composite measures 0001F-0015F Patient management 0500F-0575F Patient history 1000F-1220F Physical exam 2000F-2050F Diagnostic screening 3006F-3573F Therapeutic, preventive, other interventions 4000F-4306F
CPT CATEGORY II
Follow-up, other outcomes 5005F-5100F Patient safety 6005F-6045F Structural measures 7010F-7025F
CPT CATEGORY II
There are four different modifiers 1P-exclusion due to medical reasons 2P-exclusion due to patient choice 3P-exclusion due to system reason(not covered,
resources not available) 8P-not performed, not otherwise specified
CPT CATEGORY II
An example courtesy of the AAP: A patient presents as a follow-up for moderate,
persistent asthma on albuterol and inhaled steroids. His history, physical exam and medical decision
which includes continuing his meds contribute to the CPT code of 99213 with the ICD-9 of 493.00
CPT CATEGORY II You also report the following with the
493.00 1005F-persistent asthma 1038F-persistent asthma 4015F-persistent asthma, long-term
control medication prescribed Since you participate in a P4P program
this documentation will support the extra money you now receive
CPT FOR THE MEDICAL HOME Learn CPT and ICD-9 coding Document your notes appropriately Capture all your services on the superbill Review your EOBs to update your fee
schedules Negotiate good contracts with the MCOs-
don’t be afraid to drop your poor payors MAKE MONEY caring for your patients
The Truth: ”No Margin-No Mission”
• Physicians choose the best practices for quality care for children
• Then must use the coding and contracting
systems to fund the services • Those established services (such as vaccine
delivery) that are undervalued may end
A DAY IN THE LIFE Let’s call it a day-go home early and relax