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Dr Consulting another Dr about patient
How do we code for our Dr calling and spending a hour on the phone consulting another Dr about a mutual patient?
re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient
Part of doing business, no additional charge unless patient is in room.
re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient
They were in house at the time of consult between Drs
re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient
Face-Face for coordination of care
re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient
Where was the patient? Where was the doctor?
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I would be very careful with that one hour time. No discussion takes one hour. We doctors overestimate the time we spend on all kinds of things. If you are going to use prolonged services code for a hospital patient, be sure the doc specifies in the note the exact time spent such as "11:10 to 12: 15 discussing case with Dr Smith"