Posted by S. Howard on December 30, 2000, at 19:27:28
In reply to Nasty, painful termination with pdoc (long), posted by JennyR on December 30, 2000, at 10:11:27
For what this is worth....when I worked at an orthopedic office, the doctors did not do the actual coding...the nurse or the billing person did. Of course, the doctors had to give a diagnosis, but office staff would take it from there. If the particular diagnosis given was not printed up on the "superbill", (which is submitted to insurance) the staff member would have to look up an appropriate CPT code in a very large book. Even in a profession as straightforward as orthopedics, it sometimes got confusing and there was some guessing as to the best code to submit.Of course, this may not be the case with your psychiatrist. I feel he got defensive because he believed you were questioning his ethics and/or his competence, or the competence of his staff, depending on who does the coding. However, his defensive remarks do sound suspicious. If he was truely not at fault, he should have assigned someone to look into the matter and have it corrected.
Better luck with your next pdoc...
Gracie
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