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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.
A preventive E/M visit with a problem-oriented service. Use a CPT preventive medicineservice code (99381-99397) plus the appropriate E/M code (99201-99215) with modifier 25attached to show that the services were significant and separate. Link the appropriate ICD-9code(s) to each CPT code to help distinguish the services. Note that not all payers will reimbursefor both preventive and problem-oriented services on the same date. A preventive visit for a Medicare patient.