tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2002 Issue 3

You Be the Coder: Miscellaneous Service Codes

Test your coding knowledge.  Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: Emergency department physicians often call our surgeons in the middle of the night or on holidays to consult on a possible surgical problem. When and how should surgeons report miscellaneous service codes?Florida Subscriber Answer: Report the appropriate outpatient consult code and, in the "middle of the night" and holiday cases mentioned, either 99052 (Services requested between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in addition to basic service) or 99054 (Services requested on Sundays and holidays...

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