CPT^® 99446, Under Interprofessional Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 99446 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Interprofessional Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations.

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A consulting physician or other qualified healthcare professional performs a five– to 10–minute consult via telephone, internet, or electronic health record (EHR) and provides a verbal and written report to the requesting physician/qualified healthcare professional.

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Chemotherapy Drug Consults

In order to bill 99446-99449 your provider would have to be the provider that another one is consulting for. Here is a snip from the reference in 3M: "The consultant should use codes 99446, 99447, 99... [ Read More ]

Chemotherapy Drug Consults

[QUOTE="Mwischhusen, post: 512798, member: 677789"] Our oncologists want to report consult codes (99446-99449) when they are compiling a treatment plan for chemotherapy for a patient. This is then sen... [ Read More ]

Chemotherapy Drug Consults

Our oncologists want to report consult codes (99446-99449) when they are compiling a treatment plan for chemotherapy for a patient. This is then sent to an oncology pharmacist who weighs in on if they... [ Read More ]

Chemotherapy Drug Consults consultation oncology

Interprofessional Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations

Good Morning, Looking for information on billing interprofessional consultations. 99446-99452. Scenario If a pediatric neurologist or cardiologist consulted with the accepting “adult” subspecia... [ Read More ]

New to E/M coding

Hi there, check out interprofessional consult codes 99446-99451 to see if they work. Medicare requires the patient's consent for the consult, private payers may as well.... [ Read More ]

Interprofessional assessment and management codes 99446-99449

We have a patient who discharged from our psychiatrist’s care and is now seeing a psychiatrist in another state. The new psychiatrist is asking to have a consultation with our psychiatrist, stating ... [ Read More ]

Covid IP sub day non face to face

If you read the 99446-99452, you will see that it is [U]Interprofessional[/U] Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations, not patient communications. I asked if the doctor is the atten... [ Read More ]

Covid IP sub day non face to face

He is not the attending physician, correct? Even with COVID, the attending physician should be examining the patient. No history, no exam. All you have is review of someone else's records and MDM... [ Read More ]

Hospital Consultations

Look at 99446-99451. There has to be a verbal and written report (just signing off on someone else's notes isn't a written report). [B]Consultant codes99446-99449 and 99451:[/B] [LIST] [*]can be rep... [ Read More ]

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