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Jun 6th, 2012 - kingwoodfp

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?

Jun 6th, 2012 - nmaguire   2,606 

re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient

Part of doing business, no additional charge unless patient is in room.

Jun 6th, 2012 -

re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient

They were in house at the time of consult between Drs

Jun 6th, 2012 - nmaguire   2,606 

re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient

Face-Face for coordination of care

Jun 6th, 2012 - Codapedia Editor 1,399 

re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient

Where was the patient? Where was the doctor?

Jun 11th, 2012 -

re: Dr Consulting another Dr about patient

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"



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