tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 7

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Sending this in every case will help eliminate your transfer-of-care issues. If youre forced to report an office visit code instead of a consultation code because you dont have the documentation to support the consult code, you could cost your practice double-digit amounts on every visit. Proving whether the requesting physician wants your surgeons opinion, or is transferring the care of the patients problem to your general surgeon, is crucial to your code choice. The requests intent can make the difference between a consult and an office visit. And based on coding 99203 for a level-three office visit instead...

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