Guest guest Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Hi everyone, As you all know we have to start billing with this new 5010 from Medicare. Is anyone having issue with this? We are part A providers outpatient physical therapy in NJ. I've been on the phone with medicare almost every single day regarding the issues I'm coming across with 5010. They do help but some of the questions they don't want to answer. Question #1 When billing with PC ace software they are asking for TYP. Now TYP has several numbers with responds to choose from. 1) emergency 2) urgent 3) elective and 9) information not available. Looking at each one and the definition from NUBC it looks like we could use #2 or#3. Number 2 sounds more like post surgery or when a patient must be seen asap directed by their doctor. Number 3 is more like the patient could wait to be seen (non urgent visit) even though the patient has some discomfort or pain. I have a patient who had hip surgery 2 weeks ago, do I bill #2 urgent and if so how long do I bill number #2 to Medicare? When does the patient become a #3? Should we make the patient a #2 on the second prescription? Please provide me with feedback or direct me to links, where I could find the answers. Thank you, Lesniak JCPT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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