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Revisit Guidelines Before Billing These Consultation Codes

Published on Tue Jan 05, 2021

Question: Our physicians offered consultation services to a patient who was in treatment with another physician. How can we bill the consultation? Is it important that the consulting physician takes over the care of the patient? Illinois Subscriber Answer: You can report 99241-99245 (Office consultation for a new or established patient ...) if a physician takes over treatment of the [...]
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