AMA CPT® Assistant - 1994 Issue 1 (January)
Prolonged Services and Physician Standby Service (Spring 1994)
Spring 1994 page 32-end Prolonged Services and Physician Standby Service The prolonged services codes added to CPT 1994 distinguish prolonged physician service with direct (face-to-face) patient contact from prolonged physician service without direct (face-to-face) patient contact. The intended use of these codes will be discussed in this article. These new codes will be contrasted with the previous prolonged services codes as well as with the new physician standby service code (99360) and modifier -21. PROLONGED PHYSICIAN SERVICE WITH DIRECT (FACE-TO-FACE) PATIENT CONTACT Codes 99354-99357 are used when a physician provides prolonged service involving direct (face-to-face) patient contact that is...
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