AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 10 (October)

Home Services Codes Revisited (October 1998)

October 1998 pages 6-9 Coding Communication Home Services Codes Revisited In the June 1997 issue of the CPT Assistant, we published an article on reporting Home Services codes. At that time, no code existed to identify home services that involved either a comprehensive history or comprehensive examination. In CPT 1998 codes 99341 and 99343, under the "New Patient" category, were revised and three new codes added. Under the "Established Patient" category, four new codes were added, and codes 99351-99353 were deleted. The CPT Editorial Panel examined the following issues: 1)    The need for higher level code(s) for the most complex...

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