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Re: US docs only. Telephone consults From: Paul Prior MD (pprior@clover.net) Sun Feb 25 18:42:35 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: robin meng: "who knows about squitting delivery?" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: was Superfetation/IUGR now unpredictable response to amnio" In reply to: Garry Siegel: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults" Next in thread: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults" On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:05:38 -0600, garrys@mindspring.com (Garry Siegel) wrote: >I believe that you can use an E/M code for an office visit in which you >just talk and don't do a physical exam. I don't have a CPT book handy, >but what my staff would call a "consult"--like a woman coming in to talk >about menopause, or infertility--isn't a consult in the CPT sense. I >believe it is an E/M visit billed by time, since the physical exam >component is not done. You can bill e/m codes based on time if >50% of time spent face to face with patient involves counseling. This is standard coding stuff. However, as was noted, billing e/m codes for phone calls would be fraudulent as there is no face to face time. Hmmm... wonder about those video phones? :) -- Paul Prior MD Coshocton, OH Solo Practice OB/GYN, FACOG Next message: robin meng: "who knows about squitting delivery?" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: was Superfetation/IUGR now unpredictable response to amnio" In reply to: Garry Siegel: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults" Next in thread: Rafael Haciski MD: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults"

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