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CONSULT CODING QUIZ:

QUESTIONS: Test Your E/M Coding Skills Now That Consult Pay is Gone

Published on Tue Jan 12, 2010

Do you know how to report those services you used to code as consults? Take this quiz to find out. With Medicare Part B now refusing to reimburse for consultation codes, some physician practices feel left in the lurch. Get to know how you'll code these scenarios now that you can't collect for consults anymore. Read the following four E/M and consultation coding questions and determine how you would answer them before you turn to page 22 for the answers. Question 1: Consult 'Replacement Codes' If your physician documents a service that you previously would have coded as a consultation, how should you report it to Part B now that consult codes are obsolete in Medicare's eyes? Question 2: Do Unlisted Codes Apply? When a specialist sees a patient in the hospital at the request of another physician and you know it's a service that would previously have billed as a [...]
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