CMS Scraps Consult Pay in 2010
Get used to skipping the 99241-99255 section of CPT.
CMS removed all consultation codes (inpatient and office/outpatient codes for various places of service except for telehealth consultation G codes) from its payable services in 2010. However, CMS also increased the work RVUs and fees for new and established office visits as well as for initial hospital and initial nursing facility visits to offset the consult loss. For instance, there is a [...]
