AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 9 (September)

Medicine: Special Services, Procedures and Reports (September 2006)

September 2006 page 15 Medicine: Special Services, Procedures and Reports, 99000, 99091 (Q&A) Question A physician performs an office visit individually with four patients who are diagnosed with the same chronic pain disorder. Later that same day, the physician spends 45 minutes with the four patients educating and counseling them as a group. How are these services reported? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, the code series 99000-99091 provides the reporting physician with the means of identifying the completion of special reports and services that are an adjunct to the basic services rendered. Codes 99000-99091, Special Services...

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