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Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert

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Follow Medicare Rules Closely for Worker's Comp Consultation

Published on Wed Oct 07, 2015

Question: We are billing a consultation and treating physician’s progress report (WC002) for patients of Worker’s Comp. (Gallagher Bassett). We get paid for the report but the consultation code 99243 is denied. Any suggestions for a different consultation code? New York Subscriber Answer: According to the major changes brought in by the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS), the consultation code 99241-99245 was [...]
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