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Gastroenterology Coding Alert

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Check Off These Conditions to Justify Consult Visit

Published on Mon Dec 15, 2014

Question: Our GI attended to a new patient. She said that she was advised by her PCP to see a GI doctor but wasn’t referred to our office by the PCP. She found our office on her own. Will this be considered a consult even though we don’t have direct referral from PCP?  Colorado Subscriber Answer: No. This encounter would not be [...]
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