tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 38

CPT 2007: Inpatient Consult Codes Lose Confusing 'Initial' Label

Coumadin clinics will welcome new anticoagulant codes. You'll have two new codes to report anticoagulant management for patients taking warfarin starting in January. The codes include physician review and interpretation of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) testing, plus patient instructions, dosage adjustment and ordering of additional tests. Code 99363 covers the first 90 days, including at least eight INR measurements, and 99364 covers each additional 90 days, including at least three INR measurements. These two new codes "will be a welcome addition for practices with protime or coumadin clinics," says Sheldrian Leflore, revenue management educator with The Coding...

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