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For Medicare patients, inpatient consultations are reported with the initial hospital visit codes (99221â99223). Do not append modifier AI, which is only used by the admitting physician.
Follow-up inpatient consultation codes constitute visits to complete the initial consultation or subsequent consultative visits requested by the attending physician; includes monitoring progress, recommending management modifications or advising on a new plan of care in response to changes in the patientâs status. 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.