tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 10

Part B Coding Coach - Check Out These Examples:

Consult: A general practitioner sees a patient for an annual preventive exam. During the exam he finds a suspicious-looking mole on the skin of the patient's back. He therefore sends the patient to a dermatologist to have the mole evaluated to see if it poses a skin cancer risk. The physician writes a request for the opinion and his nurse sends this to the dermatologist. When the patient presents at the dermatologist's office, the dermatologist examines the mole and determines the mole is benign and poses no risk of skin cancer. The dermatologist has thereby rendered the requested opinion...

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