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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.
If the documentation for the initial visit does not support one of the initial inpatient procedure codes, CMS has instructed contractors to not find fault with the physician billing a subsequent care procedure instead.he hospital inpatient initial care codes are CPTÂ® 99221-99223. The hospital inpatient subsequent care codes are CPTÂ® 99231-99233. This hospitalist is asking me if they should bill the highest level initial care code or the highest level subsequent care code for their initial encounter as a consultant.