Evaluation and Management: Office or Other Outpatient Services (July 2006)

July 2006 page 19 Evaluation and Management: Office or Other Outpatient Services, 99211 (Q&A) Question If a patient presents for interpretation of the results of a PPD (purified protein derivative of tuberculin) test, what would be the appropriate code to report for this service? AMA Comment This service is considered part of the medical decision making component of a level of an evaluation and management (E/M) service. Therefore, as this would be included in the E/M service, no additional code would be reported for the reading of a PPD test. Furthermore, if reading the tuberculin test is the...

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This premium article explains a coding question from CPT Assistant related to office or other outpatient evaluation and management services. It is aimed at coders, billers, and clinical documentation staff who need to understand how a specific outpatient visit scenario is discussed in the source material and how the article frames the applicable E/M service context. The content is limited to a short Q&A format with AMA commentary.

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It helps readers identify whether a short CPT educational piece is relevant to outpatient E/M documentation and coding discussions, especially for a visit centered on interpretation of a tuberculin skin test result.

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  1. July 2006 page 19

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  2. Evaluation and Management: Office or Other Outpatient Services, 99211 (Q&A)

    Presents a coding question and an AMA comment within an outpatient evaluation and management topic.

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