Compliance Question of the Week – Respiratory

Can we bill 94664 for patients who are already using devices to administer treatments at home?

Can respiratory therapists bill for smoking cessation services provided with pulmonary rehabilitation?

Can we bill for spirometry and bronchospasm evaluation performed on the same day?

Can we bill for the administration of nitrous oxide during labor and delivery or for other minor procedures performed at the bedside?

If a patient leaves the facility, then returns one the same date for additional inhalation therapy treatment, are we able to bill for the second episode of care?

How many pulmonary rehabilitation sessions may be reported per day?

How do you bill for intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV)?

How should respiratory therapy bill for ventilation management provided in the emergency department?

We are conducting a multiple sleep latency study. However, we are only recording two nap opportunity sessions. Would we need a modifier in this scenario?

Can respiratory therapists (RTs) perform smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling services for Medicare patients? Since the RTs really don’t submit claims, can the hospital bill a technical component if the services are performed by an RT under physician order (i.e., under the Medicare incident-to policy)?

What is the code for reporting BiPAP?

Can I bill for nitrous therapy using code 94799?