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We look at all components of allergy coding for reimbursement. This means what makes up the CPT code: The first is the physician work. The second would be the practice expense and lastly the malpractice expense.

You can trust PBA and Associates allergy medical billing experts to obtain your full reimbursement by our careful review of each payment or EOB.

Our allergy billing experts will code accurately, according to age, means of administration and any other relevant specificities. We are well-versed in all problem areas of immunology billing, including serum caps and the difference between build-up and maintenance dosages. Our medical billing specialist will assign exact codes for every treatment you render, from lung function testing to spirometry procedures and skin tests.

The most unpleasant aspect of patient care is obtaining insurance company approvals for immunoglobulin (IG) therapy. With that being said we would like to provide some tips for simplifying the process. We have these tips routinely result in gaining the required approvals.

The IG Approval Letter:

Less is more

Less is more! Keep the IG approval letter to one side of a page and use the same description of the patient’s history, for example: “This patient had a long history of recurrent bacterial respiratory tract infections. An immunologic evaluation demonstrated a disorder of antibody production (laboratory studies attached).

The specific diagnosis is listed below. Because his infections could not be controlled with the most aggressive conventional therapy, this patient needs immunoglobulin supplementation therapy.”

List the ICD-10 code and its description, the specific product name with its J code followed by the dose in grams and the infusion mode and interval.

Example Letter:

Here’s an example with each of these elements printed in bold on a separate line.

D80.0 – X-Linked agammaglobulinemia, autosomal recessive agammaglobulinemia, hypogammaglobulinemia
Drug: Carimune J1566
Dose: 30 grams
Interval: every four weeks
Enclose copies of the diagnostic supporting lab studies with the letter.

This is the kind of expertise that gets you paid!

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