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Q: [Coming Back for Test Results] �Is it appropriate or can we bill insurance when
a patient comes back to have their TB test read?�
A: I think that�s bundled in. Coach Alicia: It�s bundled in. I�m pretty
sure. But a real quick way to find that out is just jump out and Google it, but I am almost
positive it�s bundled because usually you are just coming in to see the nurse and they
take a look at your arm and you�re out of there. The documentation and everything is
all been filled out already in the initial visit, and they literally just sign off and
say, �Yes. It�s clear.� I don�t want to say common sense because that�s not the
right thing to say, but what we know about bundling off the top of my head, I could confidently
tell you it�s bundled. Now, if it reads positive, that�s a different
story. Because then they have to go in and have you do a chest x-ray. You�re probably
going to see the provider, so they will set up a visit for that and that would be a little
bit different of a scenario. But if they just come in and read it, Jo-Anne probably could
have told us confidently off the top of her head.
Did you find anything in Google? Coach Laureen: Yeah. There are some issues
about billing a 99211. Coach Alicia: Catherine says we bill the plant
(which I think she means the injection); the read is included.
Coach Laureen: Right. OK. But we can maybe do some separate research and back that up.
But that�s the initial off-the-cuff answer.