DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 12 (December)

AMA, CPT design new observation codes to bill during consultations

The new subsequent observation codes (99224-99226) could become an alternative for you and your peers to bill when a physician provides a consultation service to a patient in observation. AMA officials say the codes are designed to be reported by both the physician who initiates observation care and any other doctor who evaluates the patient.

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