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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.
Physician consultations delivered via telehealth to the emergency department or hospital inpatients and residents of nursing facilities should be reported using HCPCS codes G0425-G0427. Only one inpatient consultation should be reported by a consultant per encounter or admission for the same patient.he Current Procedural Terminology (CPT Â®) book describes a consultation as a type of evaluation and management service provided by a physician at the request of another physician Policy Number: ADMINISTRATIVE 228.7 T0 Effective Date: February 1, 2015 Table of Contents APPLICABLE LINES OF BUSINESS/PRODUCTS â¦...