Has anyone noticed that a single encounter often produces multiple HCFA 1500’s?
Looking at the code in Loop.pm, it seems there is a deliberate intent to print a separate 1500 for each unique diagnosis code used in justification. I don’t understand why this would have been done.
I noticed this in the course of working on UB-92 support. UB-92 instructions do call for separating family planning (codes V25*) into a form by itself, so perhaps 1500’s are the same and the above was done as gross overkill?
Any enlightenment from those of you with billing experience would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I did notice this in my first week of use. It seems to be printing per page, if each procedure has a set of nonverlapping diagnoses. I didn’t have time to look through the code, and I have kind of postponed looking.may be, I didn’t know where to look
In our pediatric practice, if there’s a physical and multiple immunizations, now, we generate about 3 HCFA forms, where all of them can be squeezed onto one form.
Sorry, I did not post here.
The fix to Loop.pm works in printing only one hcfa form.
By Friday, I should have enough volume to check it more thoroughly. I would like to stress it with more than 5 diagnoses, and see what happens, even though that case may not arise in practice.
The 1500 only has slots for 4 diagnoses, and I expect if you exceed that then the additional ones will not appear. Fixing that (to the degree it’s important) would require a more detailed approach than what I’ve put into it so far.
Until then, it may be best to code a second encounter if you have more than 4 diagnoses and they are all required for justification.
