Dental Sleep Medicine Insider September 2015 | Page 18
Home Sleep Testing
& Insurance Verification
and Billing
By Dr. Jiten Master
Medicare (MCR) sets the guidelines by which a certain diagnosis
and procedure is to be carried out and reimbursed both locally
and nationally. These guidelines vary among regions and the
Jiten Master, D.D.S. is COO of prevailing determination in your area should be referenced when
Blackstone Medical Services, a carrying out a procedure for a Medicare patient.
Home Sleep Testing service
provider.
Jiten Master
Chief Operating Officer
Blackstone Medical Services
888-710-2727
[email protected]
As dentists, we are familiar with billing CPT (Current Procedural
Terminology) codes for procedures we perform. In medical
billing, the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
(HCPCS, often pronounced “hickpicks”) has two systems of procedure coding:
HC