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That is how my provider wants to do it, but it didnt make sense to me to do it that way.
 
Its one or the other. A consult is when a doctor (normally a primary physician) refers the patient to a specialist. The specialist will examine the patient and is supposed to send a consult note back to the primary stating what his recomendations are. If the specialists starts any treatment on that patient then it is no longer a consult and then you would bill a new patient. You cant bill both.

Also alot of insurance companies are not accepting the consult codes anymore.
 
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