AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 10 (October)
Evaluation and Management (October 2006)
October 2006 page 15-end Evaluation and Management, 99381, 99397, 99201, 99215 (Q&A) Question If a preventive medicine service (99381-99397) and an office or other outpatient service (99201-99215) are each provided during the same patient encounter to a new patient, is it appropriate to report each evaluation and management (E/M) service as a new patient visit? Or is it appropriate to report the preventive medicine service as a new patient and the acute visit (ie, office or other outpatient service, 99201-99215) as an established patient? AMA Comment It is important to first take careful note of the New and...
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