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Billing consultation code
Can two different provider with different tax ID bill the same consultation code for same ailment in a gap of 10 days
re: Billing consultation code
Yes, but why would someone ask two different physicians for consultation of the same problem? The insurance will likely ask this same question.
re: Billing consultation code
Initially there was a code 99203 billed by a provider for ulcer of the foot and later the patient was again seen by a different provider for the same ailment and the code billed was 99204, is this possible that the claim can be denied by insurance
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Those aren't consultation codes, those are new patient visits. Anything is possible with insurance companies.
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They aren't consultation codes but they are used in the office setting to replace consult codes for Medicare and Cigna. They no longer recognize consultation codes 99241-99245 and 99251-99255.