Make sure practitioners get credit for requesting a virtual consult

Why This Topic Matters

Practices often spend nontrivial time gathering information and communicating with consultants outside a regular office visit, and this article explains the general reporting issue so those efforts can be recognized appropriately within the CPT framework.

Article Sections

1. Question

   Introduces a family practice scenario involving communication with specialists about complex patients and the challenge of recognizing work performed on a different day from the office visit.

2. Answer

   Summarizes the general reporting approach for interprofessional referral-related communication and notes the time-based context in which the service is discussed.

3. Prolonged service codes allowed

   Describes the broader relationship between the consult-related reporting topic and CPT prolonged service coding concepts.