AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 11 (November)
Prolonged Services and Physician Standby Service (November 2005)
November 2005 pages 10-13 Prolonged Services and Physician Standby Service This category of codes is used to report the provision of prolonged services by a physician that are beyond the usual services provided in either an inpatient or outpatient setting. There are three separate subcategories of codes used to distinguish prolonged physician services involving direct (face-to-face) patient contact (99354-99357), prolonged physician services without direct (face-to-face) patient contact (99358-99359), and physician standby services (99360). This article will review each of the subcategories and the appropriate methods of reporting these. Prolonged Physician Service With Direct (Face-To-Face) Patient Contact (99354-99357) CPT codes...
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