CMS auditors will look for 1 less thing in consult documentation. With Medicare’s invalidation of consultation codes 99241-99255 in 2010, your ICD-9 codes better prove why two MDs are necessary on the same patient’s hospital care or the physician better specify why in his note. Separate ICD-9 codes will help substantiate the medical necessity for providing consultative [...] Related articles:

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