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Consultation Corner:

These Tips Clear Your Consultation Coding Confusion

Published on Wed Oct 07, 2015

Caution: Confirm with your payer before billing as it may not follow Medicare rules. Medicare doesn’t recognize consultation codes and has not done so for the past several years. However, not all payers reject consultation claims but they do require stringent documentation rules to be followed. Some of these rules may be confusing and this means that every time your [...]
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