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rmenurse

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Can an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) contain information about more than one patient?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Where should the medical office specialist find the CPT and ICD-9 codes needed to post charges to a patient account?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


juicepod

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Yes, the EOB from an insurance carrier can include information for multiple patients regarding the adjudication of multiple claims.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The medical office specialist should find these codes on the encounter form (superbill). For codes not listed on the encounter form, it will be necessary to locate the correct codes in the appropriate code book.


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