Maine Subscriber
Answer: Your physician saw the patient for a new reason -- not the reason for the original procedure or encounter. Your physician completed a history and physical and made a treatment recommendation, so you should be able to report a consult if you have sufficient supporting documentation.
The correct code will depend on whether the anesthesiologist performing the consult also oversaw the patient during the original procedure. If so, report 9923x (Subsequent hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient ...).
If your anesthesiologist first saw the patient for the consult, report 9925x (Initial inpatient consultation for a new or established patient ...).