Home and Nursing Facility Category of Code Rules
Recorded: March 21, 2024
This webinar will explain the rules for using Evaluation and Management (E/M) services (E/M) in home and residence locations and nursing and skilled nursing facilities. This includes CMS regulations for nursing facility services. It will discuss reporting multiple E/M services when one of the visits is in a nursing facility. It will describe the correct category of code for the admitting and consulting providers for initial and subsequent visits. We’ll review how CPT combined home and residence services in 2023, deleting domiciliary and rest home codes, and importance of using the correct place of service for home and nursing facility.
Not covered in this webinar: selecting the level of E/M service.
Learning objectives. After the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Select the correct category of code and place of service code for the principal and consulting practitioner in nursing facilities
- Describe what practitioner may perform initial and subsequent visits in nursing facilities
- List what places of services are correct for each category of code
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