DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 1 (January)

Carriers release different billing rules for billing inpatient consults

Guidance from carriers detailing how to bill what used to be lower-level inpatient consults in 2009 has started trickling out. The problem: The previous codes (99251-99255) don't match the inpatient hospital care codes (99221-99223) you're supposed to bill (PBN 12/21/09). Specifically, there is not a good match in the inpatient initial visit code series for the two lowest-level inpatient consult codes, 99251 and 99252.

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