How should the professional component of the electronystagmography (ENG) be billed?
As stated above in the question related to “global” billing, Medicare allows independent audiologists to bill for the professional and technical components. If the referring physician insists on billing for the professional component, you would bill only for the technical component by adding a modifier, -TC, to the CPT code. It is becoming more common in bilateral cochlear implantation to have both implant devices activated on the same date for the initial stimulation and for each follow-up visit. There is no CPT code that represents bilateral cochlear implant programming. How can I bill this? Answer: You are correct in saying that there is no CPT code that allows programming for two independent cochlear implant systems on the same date of service. However, there is a suffix (i.e., modifier) that can be used to accomplish the same purpose. The suffix is -76 and it means that the procedure was repeated in its entirety by the same provider on the same date of service. In this instance, y
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