Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

Plus, you should report one inpatient care code per day, CMS reps say.With consultation codes now out of the picture, it's easy to be confused by Medicare's recent advice on how to bill in their absence. But CMS offers a bright spot by still allowing you to use shared/split visits in cases where you used to report a consultation code.Stick With the E/M Shared/Split RulesAlthough CMS eliminated payment for consult codes, contractors will continue to honor split/shared visits -- as long as they are billed using specific E/M codes and following the payment rules already in place for these E/M codes.That's the word from CMS, where staffers aimed to straighten out confusion stemming from the January MLN Matters article SE1010, which offered several questions and answers regarding how to bill Medicare following the elimination of consult code payment.In the article, CMS noted that "the split/shared rules applying to E/M services remain [...]