Forum - Questions & Answers
Mar 8th, 2010 - signaturedoc
Low Level "Consult" coding- I give up
So CMS published its Q&A on coding consults. And they maneuvered their way around their own previous publications by saying that low level hospital "consults" should be billed using the documentation to determine level and that subsequent hospital codes can be used even if it is the initial visit.
Good luck to all you coders out there! What a nightmare!
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1010.pdf