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Interventional Radiologist IP Consult Charges

Date: Oct 29, 2021

Question:

We were instructed that, because of Medicare rules, we should never report the inpatient consult codes 99251-99255 to any payer because of the Medicare rule. Is this accurate? If so, when would codes 99251-99255 ever be used?

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