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Spot Consultation Conundrums With Office Versus Inpatient Expertise

Published on Thu Mar 07, 2019

Question: What is the difference between an office consultation and an inpatient consultation? When should we use each code set? Codify Subscriber Answer: You would use the codes depending on the patient’s hospital status at the time of the consultation. According to CPT® 2019, you should report inpatient consults when “an inpatient consultation is performed on a date that the patient [...]
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