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CPT Range

CPT Type                                                CPT Range Categorylll Codes                                     0001T – 9999T Anesthesia Services                                 00100 – 00999 Anesthesia Services                                 01000 – 09999 Surgery: Integumentary                          10000 – 19999 Surgery: Muscloskeletal                          20000 – 29999 Surgery: Respiratory, Cardio Hemic and Lymphatic                           30000 – 39999 Surgery: Digestive System                     40000 – 49999 Surgery: Urinary, Male Genital Female Genital, Maternity Care and Delivery Systems 50000 – 59999 Surgery: Endocrine, Nervous Eye and Ocular Adnexa, Auditory Systems                                60000 – 69999 Radiology Services                            70000 – 79999 Pathology and Laboratory Services    80000 – 89999 Medicine Evaluation & Management Services                       90000 – 99999 Supplemental Serv

Medicare Reason Codes

Group Code Code Description PR 1 Deductible Amount PR 2 Coinsurance Amount PR 3 Co-payment Amount OA 4 The procedure code is inconsistent with the modifier used or a required modifier is missing. OA 5 The procedure code/bill type is inconsistent with the place of service. OA 6 The procedure/revenue code is inconsistent with the patient's age. OA 7 The procedure/revenue code is inconsistent with the patient's gender. OA 8 The procedure code is inconsistent with the provider type/specialty (taxonomy). OA 9 The diagnosis is inconsistent with the patient's age. OA 10 The diagnosis is inconsistent with the patient's gender. OA 11 The diagnosis is inconsistent with the procedure. OA 12 The diagnosis is inconsistent with the provider type. OA 13 The date of death precedes the d

Collection Agency

Hospital or Clinics have bad debts those balance physician office will move to collection agency, we are going to review how physician office will move the balance to collection and how it works. Bad Debts Bad debt is accounts receivable that will likely remain noncollectable and will be written off.   Bad debt   appears as an expense on the company's income statement, thus reducing net income. So we are moving the uncollectable balance to collection agency by adjusting off the balance from our books. How to find out the bad Debts   Bad Debts can be considered in so many ways but in Medical Billing if we are unable to collect the debts for more than 120 days plus we are naming it as Bad Debts, we are just reviewing the general Medical Billing process its depend on hospital to hospital some hospital will calculate for every six months or one year so on. Bab Debt & Tax Some types of bad debts expense, whether business or non business rel