AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 12 (December)
Evaluation and Management Services -- Care Plan Oversight Services (December 2006)
December 2006 pages 4-7 Coding Communication:Evaluation and Management Services -- Care Plan Oversight Services Evaluation and Management Services -- Care Plan Oversight Services The care plan oversight (CPO) services codes (99339-99340, 99374-99380) are intended to report the services a physician provides when he or she oversees the care of the patient, indirectly (ie, not face-to-face) during an extended period of time (eg, 30 day period). The physician is directing and coordinating the care the patient receives from other health care professionals or agencies, family members, and/or other key caregivers. These codes are time based and used to report the...
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