Spirometry is covered by the medical billing and coding forums.
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No Medicare payment can be made for items or services that are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member according to the Social Security Act.Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 1833(e), prohibits Medicare payment for any claim without the necessary documentation to process the claim.The technical component of diagnostic tests are not covered as "incident-to" physician healthcare services, but under a separate coverage category and subject to supervision.The Administrator 95-1 (HCFA Ruling 95-1), binding on providers, contractors, and Administrative Law Judges, states that by virtue of their licensure and practice, providers are responsible for knowing community practice.
The Local Coverage Determination uses the following coding and billing guidance.
Medicare has standards of reasonable and necessary care.
It is intended for device demonstration and evaluation and will be paid for once per beneficiary for the same provider or group.Some circumstances may merit two sessions or an evaluation.Simple follow-up observation during an E/M exam for pulmonary disease is not a stand alone procedure.
It is expected that supportive documentation of the condition and treatment will be included in the medical record.Contractors can request additional documentation from third parties.It is possible to consider care prior to or after the service in question.The actual condition of the patient must be reflected in each claim.If the overall context and condition of the patient don't support the need for the test, then it's not worth it.All equipment and studies should meet minimum standards as outlined by the American Thoracic Society.Spirometry studies, in particular, require 3 attempts to be clinically acceptable.The reports must be legible and have a physician's signature.Guidelines for the use of pulmonary function tests have been published by the American Lung Association and American College of Chest Physicians.Diagnostic PFTs are not therapeutic.PFTs aren't used to demonstrate breathing exercises.Sometimes a stand-alone procedure code can be used for demonstration/observation of a nebulizer.There are indications and limitations.
Providers may be able to identify those Bill Types typically used to report this service with the help of contractors.Absence of a Bill type does not mean that the article doesn't apply to it.The article should be assumed to apply equally to all claims if there is no Bill Types.
Providers can use revenue codes to report this service.Revenue Codes are usually advisory.Unless specified in the article, services reported under other Revenue Codes are also subject to this coverage determination.Coverage is not influenced by Revenue Code and the article should be assumed to apply equally to all Revenue Codes.
The Group 1, 2 and 3 Paragraphs of the ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity were deleted.
The code description for 94617 was changed to Exercise tst brncspsm and added to the group 1 codes section.
Added ICD-10-CM codes M35.89 and deleted M35.8 in Group 1 and added J12.82 and Z86.16 to Groups 1- 3 Codes of the ICD 10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity section per the first quarter I-10 updates.
On 10/01/2019, D57.431 was added and deleted along with J83.83 and J84.170.The updates are per the annual updates.