AMA CPT® Assistant - 1997 Issue 6 (June)

Evaluation and Management: Reporting the Home Service Codes (June 1997)

June 1997 pages 6-7 Coding Communication Evaluation and Management: Reporting the Home Service Codes [See later related story] There was a time when the term housecall evoked an image of a physician treating a patient in the patient's respective home; but times have changed. Today, routine housecalls are rare and performed only by a few physicians. However, the concept of home health is one that has not disappeared from medicine and is employed when a patient's circumstances require treatment in the home. In CPT 1997, such visits are reported with Home Services codes (99341-99353) found in the Evaluation and...

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