Love Coding!
Expert
I need to know what the "rules" are when dealing with in office consultation requests from another provider...I work for a dermatology practice.
Can we bill for a consult, if we receive a referral stating, "consult and treat"?
This would be an established patient visit to us with a "new" problem that their primary care sent to have looked at? I do not see in the Medicare guidelines that state, the patient would have to be new to the practice in order for it to be ok to bill for a consult. I really need clarification on this, please help!
Much appreciated!
dscoder74
Can we bill for a consult, if we receive a referral stating, "consult and treat"?
This would be an established patient visit to us with a "new" problem that their primary care sent to have looked at? I do not see in the Medicare guidelines that state, the patient would have to be new to the practice in order for it to be ok to bill for a consult. I really need clarification on this, please help!
Much appreciated!
dscoder74