ICYMI: Understanding Clinical Consultation Code Updates Webinar
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
The leading organization of board-certified pathologists.
The Practice Management Committee recently hosted a webinar, Understanding Clinical Consultation Code Updates, about the changing requirements for clinical consultation. The objectives were to review clinical consult codes; evaluate documentation for consultation levels and to communicate documentation standards with coding and billing staff. This riveting webinar garnered many questions, one of which the committee thought important to share.?
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Q: How is a Pathology Clinical Consultation different from a tumor board? And can its CPT code be used in tumor board preparation? For time spent reading patient history, gathering slides, reviewing slides, etc.??
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A: Pathology clinical consultations require an individual order placed by the patient’s physician and culminate into a written report which exhibits the exercise of medical judgment for a service not previously billed. Reviewing surgical pathology reports at a conference does not meet the requirements for a pathology clinical consultation.?
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For more information about understanding clinical consultation code updates, including the webinar recording, visit https://fal.cn/3yayN.?
Owner, Sirgi Consulting, LLC, Medical Advisor, Experienced Board Chair, Health Care Executive
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