Split billing
Split billing is the division of a bill for service into two or more parts. Bills may be split to divide work between clients, payers or for reimbursement to different service providers for performing a shared service. {{cite web |title= Split Billing - Term Definition |work= Glossary |publisher= Tenrox Project Management |year= 2009 |url= http://glossary.tenrox.com/Split-Billing.htm |access-date= November 6, 2009 }}{{cite book |title= Coding for Chest Medicine 2009 |author= Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, FCCP, Diane Krier-Morrow, MBA, MPH, CCS-P, Carol Pohlig, BSN, RN, CPC, ACS |year= 2009 |publisher= Chest Physicians - ACCP |isbn= 9780916609726 |pages= 266–267 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OXkMOnJmNQMC&q=split+billing+definition&pg=PA266 }}
Medical billing
= Add-on codes=
Add-on codes are additional work associated with a primary service or procedure. Add-on codes can and should only be billed when the provider has performed and billed the primary service. {{cite book |title= Current Procedural Terminology: CPT 2009, Professional Edition |author= AMA |year= 2009 |publisher= American Medical Association |isbn= 9781603590648 |page= XV |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvLhPQAACAAJ&q=Current+Procedural+Terminology:+CPT+2009,+Professional+Edition }} CMS guidelines and coding textbooks agree that add-on codes should be on the same claim as the primary code.{{cite web |author= CMS |title= CMS - Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 18 - Preventive and Screening Services, page 79 |work= Billing Manual |publisher= Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |date= April 24, 2009 |url= http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/clm104c18.pdf |access-date= November 4, 2009 }}{{cite book |title= Outcomes in Coding Practice |last1= Butler |first1= Annette |last2= Dobbins |first2= Linda M. |year= 2009 |publisher= Cengage Learning |isbn= 9781401898984 |page= 9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gZAKnzzSmZMC&q=%22add+on+codes%22&pg=PT29 }}{{cite book |title= 2009 Coding Workbook for the Physician's Office |last= Covell |first= Alice |year= 2009 |publisher= Cengage Learning |isbn= 9781435484092 |page= [https://archive.org/details/2009codingworkbo0000cove/page/12 12] |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/2009codingworkbo0000cove/page/12 }}