tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 15

CPT 2010: Here's the Lowdown on 2010 Consultation Changes

See how Medicare's 99241-99255 ouster affects your coding and reimbursement. Get used to skipping the CPT E/M consultationsection. Starting Jan. 1 you'll have to learn a new way to code services that you used to report with office and inpatient consultation codes -- and which payers expectyou to make that change. Codes Remain -- But When Can You Use Them? Although CMS has halted payment for the in-office consultation codes (99241-99245, Office consultation for a new or established patient ...) and inpatient consultation codes (99251-99255, Inpatient consultation for a new or established patient ...) in 2010, the AMAchose not...

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