AK Test Sockets and M'Care
John T. Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP
Description
Collection
Title:
AK Test Sockets and M'Care
Creator:
John T. Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP
Date:
10/17/2002
Text:
Dear List Serve Members:
Medicare recently denied coverage for a second test socket for an AK
patient on the grounds that two test sockets could not be provided on
one day. We routinely submit all the prosthetic codes involved in
providing the prosthesis at the same time, using the same date of
service for all of them. Since the test sockets are provided earlier
than the final prosthesis, is it acceptable to bill for them using an
earlier date of service?
Thanks for your help.
John Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP
Medicare recently denied coverage for a second test socket for an AK
patient on the grounds that two test sockets could not be provided on
one day. We routinely submit all the prosthetic codes involved in
providing the prosthesis at the same time, using the same date of
service for all of them. Since the test sockets are provided earlier
than the final prosthesis, is it acceptable to bill for them using an
earlier date of service?
Thanks for your help.
John Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP
Citation
John T. Brinkmann, CPO, FAAOP, “AK Test Sockets and M'Care,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219757.
