AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 9 (September)
Surgery/Maternity Care and Delivery (September 2003)
September 2003 page 16 Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Surgery/Maternity Care and Delivery, 59840, 54, 55, 56 (Q&A) Question How should the following scenario be coded? The physician performs an E/M service for a pregnant patient. During the encounter, the patient states that she wants to terminate the pregnancy. The physician performs the preoperative management, then sends the patient to another physician outside of his group practice to perform an induced abortion by dilation and curettage. Following the procedure, the patient returns to the first physician for postoperative care. AMA Comment To appropriately identify the services performed by each...
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