Orthopedic Coding Alert
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Consult This Chart to Select Codes
Published on Mon Dec 05, 2022
To avoid confusion over code choice for your Medicare and private payer patients, and to calculate at what point the service will require a prolonged services add-on code, use the following chart. Remember: Per the 2023 final rule, CMS is still not recognizing consult codes, which is why you won’t be able to use a prolonged service G code in addition to 99245 or 99255.
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