By Loren Ledin the Ventura County Star. Parental pressure and the high school coach. This is a true story and should be a required reading for all parents. Every parent wants their son to play college baseball and get an athletic scholarship, but some simply go too far.
consultation-liaison provision of psychiatric services at the request of another health professional, often for physically ill patients in a nonpsychiatric hospital.
Inpatient Consultation New or Established Patient: In the inpatient setting there are two subcategories for inpatient consult codes that are used by physician consultations provided to hospital inpatients, residents of nursing facilities or patient in a partial hospital setting.. consultant may initiate diagnostic and/or therapeutic services. However, if the referring physician transfers the responsibility of treatment, the receiving physician must bill using visit service codes--not the consultation service codes.