The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released detailed instructions for providers on how to adjust their coding for consultative evaluation and management (E/M) services. As of Jan. 1, 2010, CMS will no longer recognize Current Procedural Terminology codes 99241-99245 and 99251-99255, which reimburse physicians for providing consultative E/M services. Providers will instead be expected to use the appropriate new or established patient office, outpatient, or inpatient visit code. This change is effective for Medicare only; other carriers have not yet stated whether they will adopt similar policies for consultative services.
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