Infectious Disease Billing

Infectious Disease Billing & RCM Solutions

From HIV care to complex sepsis management — our billing team ensures accurate coding, documentation support, and optimized reimbursements.

We streamline billing for infectious disease specialists across inpatient, outpatient, and telehealth settings with payer-specific compliance and coding precision.

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Specialized ICD-10 & CPT Coding

We provide expert coding for infectious diseases including bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal infections. Codes include:

Common Diagnoses

  • Sepsis (A41.9, R65.21)
  • HIV (B20, Z21)
  • COVID-19 (U07.1)
  • Tuberculosis (A15.0–A19.9)
  • Parasitic infections (B60-B89)

Procedure Codes

  • Infusion therapy (96413-96417)
  • Telehealth visits (99441-99443)
  • Prolonged care (99354-99357)
  • Initial consults (99221-99223)
  • Follow-ups (99231-99233)

Hospital & Clinic Billing

We manage billing for inpatient rounds, outpatient follow-ups, infusion therapy, and discharge services with documentation and time-based coding accuracy.

Initial Inpatient (99221–99223) Discharge Services (99238–99239) Outpatient Follow-up (99213–99215) Prolonged Services (99356–99357)

Telemedicine Billing Compliance

We guide infectious disease providers in coding and billing for virtual consults, ensuring proper use of telehealth modifiers and payer policy adherence.

  • Proper use of place of service (POS 02, 10)
  • Modifier -95 for synchronous audio/video
  • Documentation of patient location and consent
  • Support for cross-state licensure billing

Claim Accuracy & Denial Management

Our A/R team audits, tracks, and resolves denials for infectious disease visits, helping you recover revenue and maintain compliance.

Common Denial Reasons:

  • Missing HIV staging documentation
  • Invalid diagnosis sequencing
  • Unauthorized inpatient consults
  • Bundled infusion therapy codes
  • Place of service mismatch

Our Solutions:

  • Real-time denial alerts
  • Appeal letters with peer-reviewed support
  • Tracking payer trends for edits
  • Regular claim audits and corrections

Critical Modifier Management

We apply appropriate modifiers to infectious disease services to ensure billing compliance and reduce claim rejections.

Modifier Purpose Example
-25 Significant E/M with procedure E/M with wound debridement
-59 Distinct procedural service Multiple cultures same day
-95 Telemedicine visit Virtual HIV consult
-GA Patient signed ABN Non-covered tropical disease tests

What ID Specialists Say

Dr. Steven Patel

Infectious Disease Group, NY

"The team helped us recover over $60,000 in missed inpatient infusion claims. Their deep knowledge of ID coding is unmatched."

Linda M., Billing Manager

Midwest ID Specialists

"They significantly improved our telehealth billing process and eliminated claim errors related to POS and modifiers."

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