BILLING ALERT - Elimination of Consultation Codes
Effective January 1, 2010 CMS will eliminate the use of all consultation CPT/HCPC
codes. This includes inpatient codes (99251-99255) and office/outpatient codes (99241-99245)
for various places of service, except for telehealth consultation G-codes. Instead
of consultation codes, providers are instructed to bill initial hospital care (99221-99223),
initial nursing facility care (99304-99306) or initial office visits (99201-99205),
as applicable.