tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 1999 Issue 5

Reader Question: Billing for Telephone Calls

Question: Can you please give me some information on billing telephone calls 99371 (telephone call by a physician to patient or for consultation or medical management or for coordinating medical management with other healthcare professionals; simple or brief [e.g., to report on tests and/or laboratory results, to clarify or alter previous instructions, to integrate new information from other health professionals into the medical treatment plan, or to adjust therapy])?Cindy L. WebergMuskegon Surgical Associates, P.C., Muskegon, MIAnswer: Although Medicare will not pay for phone consultations, some commercial carriers may, says Thomas Kent, CMM, principal of Kent Medical...

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