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3 Tips Lead to Seamless Consultation Coding

Published on Thu Oct 13, 2016

Consult coding is still going strong for some private payers—if you know how to report it. When Medicare stopped accepting claims for consultations several years ago, many pediatric practices thought that was the end of their consult coding days. However, CPT® did not do away with the consult codes, and consequently many private payers still reimburse for the service. In [...]
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