Medicare Q & A: If a Medicare patient comes in for a motor vehicle accident and while there the patient's diabetes is treated due to high blood sugar and other chronic conditions, is it billed?
Publish date: September 15, 2008
Don Self
Don Self
If a Medicare patient is treated both for a motor vehicle accident and a separate condition such as diabetes, file separate office visits on separate claims, one to the auto insurance carrier and one to Medicare for the diabetes.