AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 12 (December)

Advance Care Planning (99497 and 99498) (December 2014)

December 2014 pages 11-12 Advance Care Planning (99497 and 99498) Advance care planning (ACP) involves learning about and considering the types of decisions that will need to be made at the time of an eventual life-ending situation and what the patient's preferences would be regarding those decisions. Discussions between the patient's physician(s) or other qualified health care professional(s), and the patient along with family member(s), or surrogate(s) ahead of time, regarding these decisions and preferences, and preparation of an advance directive, increases the likelihood a patient will receive the care he or she prefers at the end of life...

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