tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2007 Issue 9

Consult Confusion Will Continue Into Next Year

Agonizing audits may settle the issue What's the difference between a consult and a transfer of care? The experts still aren't sure.The CPT Editorial Panel failed to reach a consensus on how to clarify the definition of consult at its February meeting, according to the Physician Regulatory Issues Team (PRIT) at CMS. That means there won't be any clarification in the CPT 2008 update.CMS was hoping the CPT update would settle some of the confusion that the agency created with Transmittal 788, according to William Rogers, the PRIT's chairman. -A transfer of care occurs when a physician...

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