PPBS · Specialty Billing
Dermatology Billing Services
PPBS bills general, surgical and procedural dermatology practices. Dermatology claims depend on correct lesion counts, sizes, locations and the distinction between medically necessary and cosmetic services.
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- Destruction, excision and biopsy coding with lesion size, count and site
- Mohs micrographic surgery staging and repair coding
- Cosmetic versus medical determinations and patient responsibility
- Pathology coordination and modifier use
- Payer follow-up, appeals and accounts receivable management
Where Revenue Is Lost
- Multiple-procedure and modifier rules on same-day lesion treatments
- Medical necessity documentation for benign lesion removal
- Global period and repair coding on surgical dermatology
Experience
Physicians Professional Billing Services, Inc. has billed this specialty since 1998, with 35+ years of medical billing experience across every Medicare Part B MAC jurisdiction, Medicaid and commercial carriers. Clients receive read-only access to their accounts receivable in CollaborativeMD.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do you bill Mohs surgery?
- Yes. PPBS bills Mohs staging, repairs and associated pathology for surgical dermatology practices.
- How do you handle cosmetic services?
- PPBS helps the practice document medical versus cosmetic determinations so medically necessary services are billed to the payer and cosmetic services are collected from the patient correctly.
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