![]() ![]() If the documentation doesn’t support the lowest level initial hospital care code, use a subsequent hospital care code (99231-99233). For an inpatient service, use the initial hospital services codes (99221-99223). When CMS stopped paying for consults, it said it still recognized the concept of consults, but paid for them using different categories of codes. Category of code for Medicare and other payers that don’t recognize consult codes See E/M changes for 2021 for additional E/M related resources.
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