tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 11

CPT Consolidates Consult Coding for 2006

'Second opinions' become just another E/M serviceYou-ll have fewer choices to make when reporting consult codes in the new year: CPT 2006 will eliminate follow-up inpatient (99261-99263) and confirmatory (99271-99275) consultations.Consequently, you-ll report all inpatient follow-up visits as subsequent hospital care. All Follow-ups Become Subsequent Care Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, you should report all facility visits, except the first, during the same inpatient stay using subsequent care codes 99231-99233 (hospital) or 99311-99313 (nursing facility).Under current guidelines, the surgeon may report a follow-up inpatient consultation for subsequent visits during a single inpatient stay, as long as the visit...

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