Wiki MFM Consult

[rcclary]

If a primary OB refers a patient to us for DM and we do a consult code and continue to follow this patient along with the primary OB and then at a follow up apt and Ultra Sound we find a heart defect or can we do another consult code for the the new problem since we will be consulting the primary OB on this as well??

 

[FTessaBartels]

No

The short answer is "NO" ... if YOU found the heart defect, the OB did not ask for your advice/opinion on this. So it's not a consultation.

You may legitimatelly have a higher-level established patient visit, but no consult.

Hope that helps.

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC