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MrProsperity wrote:
Idaho is the state, he thinks she signed her name as the guarantor, not his, but the dental insurance was in his name. A portion of the services were covered by his insurance.
Sylviatob wrote:
I would suggest that your friend PFD with the original creditor.
fused wrote:Did this summary of services include procedure codes with a description and diagnosis codes with a description?
@Anonymous wrote:
ICD9: 530.01 DESCRIPTION: GERD / Reflux / EsophagealICD9: 564.5 DESCRIPTION: Diarrhea, Functional
CODE: 45356 MODS: 80 DESCRIPTION: Facility fee / Colonoscopy
CODE: 45323 MODS: 86 DESCRIPTION: Facility fee / EGD Biopsy
haulingthescoreup wrote:The ICD-9 codes are diagnosis codes, and the 5-digit, no comma codes are CPT procedural codes. (Inpatient procedures also have ICD-9 procedure codes, but they only have 2 digits before the decimal point.) If diagnosis codes are protected information, then this would be a HIPAA violation.
Are you a hospital-based nurse, and if so, do you work at a different hospital? You might want to ask your hospital privacy officer for their independent opinion. Again, if the diagnoses are not to be revealed, this certainly looks like a HIPAA violation. (I'm a little surprised that the CPT codes aren't protected as well --certainly some of them are VERY revealing about what was done and why!)
This is a facility bill, from a hospital outpatient GI lab or from a free-standing facility. Does your mom remember if the physician's bill was paid OK? It would probably have the same codes (diagnosis codes might be a little different), but the modifiers on the CPT codes would be different, maybe 45356 and 45323-59 or something similar.