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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.
source.â In other words, an NPP must meet the same criteria for a consultation as required of a physician. It is specifically not acceptable to have a patient referred to a cardiologist, for example, and have an NP, PA, or CNS perform the consult instead. Recall Coding for Consultations In 2006, 2 types of consultation codes were deleted, leaving just one type of valid consultation code. Because both the follow-up inpatient consultation (99261 â 99263) and the confirmatory consultation (99271 â 99275) were rarely used, they were deleted by the CPT Editorial Panel and are no longer valid CPT codes. Use the initial inpatient consult codes (if conditions are met) or another appropriate evaluation and management (E/M) code for services once billed as a follow-up or confirmatory consult. See the Centers