Is there any written material that clearly states that if a specialist is called into the Emergency Room and it is not a consult, that both the ER physician and the specialist can charge ER codes?
When I took my CPC in 2006 the manual was clear that "when a patient is seen by two physicians in the ED, the ED evaluation and mangement code is usually only employed by the emergency department physician to describe the level of service. The other physician would use a code from the E/M catagory that best describes the respective services(consultation or new/established patient office/outpatient."
Thank you,
Marci
When I took my CPC in 2006 the manual was clear that "when a patient is seen by two physicians in the ED, the ED evaluation and mangement code is usually only employed by the emergency department physician to describe the level of service. The other physician would use a code from the E/M catagory that best describes the respective services(consultation or new/established patient office/outpatient."
Thank you,
Marci