-26
-26
Accountability
Technical component includes billing only for the equipment, supplies, technicians, and facility, but not the interpretation of the service. Professional component applies when one applied the services, and the provider only interpreted the results and wrote a report. The difference between the two is that, technical component of radiography involves taking of the radiographs of a patient while on the other hand the professional component of radiography involves the reading of them
The Professional Component
The Professional Component
The CPT code for a routine 12-lead ECG, including both the professional and technical components, is 93000. This code encompasses the complete service, which includes the acquisition of the ECG data (technical component) and the interpretation and report by a physician (professional component). If billing separately for the two components, use 93005 for the technical component and 93010 for the professional component.
Technical component includes billing only for the equipment, supplies, technicians, and facility, but not the interpretation of the service. Professional component applies when one applied the services, and the provider only interpreted the results and wrote a report. The difference between the two is that, technical component of radiography involves taking of the radiographs of a patient while on the other hand the professional component of radiography involves the reading of them
Technical component includes billing only for the equipment, supplies, technicians, and facility, but not the interpretation of the service. Professional component applies when one applied the services, and the provider only interpreted the results and wrote a report. The difference between the two is that, technical component of radiography involves taking of the radiographs of a patient while on the other hand the professional component of radiography involves the reading of them
CPT Modifer 26- Professional Component: Certain procedures are a combination of a physician component and a technical component. When the physician component is reported separately, the service may be identified by adding modifier 26 to the usual procedure number.
Technical component involves taking of radiographs while professional involves reading them
it is an indispensible component of techer's capacity of professional judgement
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