Wiki Consults vs Refferel ?

[cpccoder2008]

Can anyone tell me a good link that has information about consutls vs refferels ? We are doing a pretend audit and our physician's are questioning different situation's so i need something in writting,, maybe some example's to show them.

 

[dmaec]

here's a "nifty" little site...
http://www.ritecode.com/consvsrefer.html

 

[cpccoder2008]

thanks,, i will sure print it ..

 

[j.berkshire]

The information at this link is informative, but note that the last two sets of consultation codes are obsolete.

 

[dmaec]

yes, old codes ...but I was sharing the "info", on the question posted, basically showing the key differences between a referral and consult, (which haven't changed)

here's a couple more links with a "table" in it to help distinguish between the two - again, just info to help see the difference between them....nothing to do with the actual CPT E/M codes themselves.

http://www.muhealth.org/compliance/Word_Documents/Advisories/Adv2005-3.doc
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/403732_6