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If the patient is readmitted and the same physician is requested again for consultation, can we bill another initial inpatient hospital service code?

April 26, 2017code consultation hospital initial inpatient patient physician readmitted requested service

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If the patient is readmitted and the same physician is requested again for consultation, can we bill another initial inpatient hospital service code?

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If the patient is in a new stay (discharge and readmitted) and you are consulted again, you bill the E/M code that best describes what you did and documented. That could be 99221-99223, OR a subsequent hospital visit code.

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If the patient is in a new stay (discharge and readmitted) and you are consulted again, you bill the evaluation and management (E/M) code that best describes what you did and documented. That could be 99221-99223, OR a subsequent hospital visit code.