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tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 32
Correct Coding Initiative: Beware New Bundles For
Important changes are coming down the pike for inpatient consultation codes.All codes for initial and follow-up inpatient consultations (99251-99263) are becoming components of observation or inpatient hospital care codes 99234-99236. In other words, you can no longer bill for a consult if the physician also placed the patient under observation or admitted him or her as an inpatient. Further, you can't override these edits using a modifier.Also in the CCI update: Physical medicine and rehab codes 97022 and 97036 will become components of therapeutic procedure codes 97112-97113. A whole slew of codes will become components of...
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