tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 26

Document the Need for Consults

While it's true that some physicians are too cautious about billing for consults, others go too far in the opposite direction.  "A common thing is for people to say, 'All of my services are consultations because my patients are coming from another physician,' " attorney William Sarraille says. But "unless that physician wants advice or information back from you, it's not a consult." He says poor documentation is a major problem, with physicians referring to consults as "evaluation and management services" and the requesting physician as the "referring physician." He encourages practices to give receptionists...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.