Cardiology Coding Alert
Rely on Old Rules for Split/Shared Visits -- Despite Consult Coding Changes
Be aware: You should still report just one inpatient care code per patient, per day. As long as you bill split/shared visits using E/M codes and follow current payment rules, CMS will continue to honor them -- which is good news since you couldn't report services you would've used consult codes for in the past as split/shared visits. That's the word from CMS, where staffers aimed to straighten out confusion stemming from the January MLN Matters article SE1010 (), which offered several questions and answers regarding how to bill Medicare following the elimination of consult code payment. No Change in Split/Shared Rules for E/M Services In the article, CMS noted that "the split/shared rules applying to E/M services remain in effect, including those cases where services would previously have been reported by CPT consultation codes." "We understand that this has caused some confusion, as there were -- and are -- different split/shared rules for consultation services compared to E/M services," noted CMS's Rebecca Cole during a CMS Open Door Forum.
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