AMA CPT® Assistant - 1992 Issue 1 (January)

Counseling and/or Coordination of Care (Spring 1992)

Spring 1992 page 24-end Coding Tip Counseling and/or Coordination of Care In the CPT 1992 Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Guidelines, there is an extended discussion of time as it relates to these E/M services. (See pages 4-6 of CPT 1992.) As indicated in that discussion, the specific times expressed in the visit code descriptions are averages, and therefore represent a range of times which may be higher or lower than those specified in the codes, depending on actual clinical circumstances. In the majority of cases, the performance of the key components (i.e., history, examination and medical...

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