tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 38

CPT 2006: Don't Use 25 Modifier Unless You Can Back It Up

Follow-up, confirmatory consultation codes deleted as of January In the coming new year, you won’t be able to go back to the well a second time for inpatient consults--but that’s not a bad thing. CPT 2006 deletes the codes for follow-up and confirmatory consults (99261-99263 and 99271-99275) (See PBI, Vol. 6, No. 28.) “We’ve been praying to get rid of those silly things,” says consultant Arlene Morrow with AM Associates in Tampa. Starting in January, you’ll bill all inpatient consults as 99251-99255 (Initial inpatient consultation for a new or established patient…)...

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