AMA CPT® Assistant - 2024 Issue 1 (January)

Questions and Answers (January 2024)

January 2024 page 36 Questions and Answers Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services: Hospital Inpatient and Observation Care Services Question: A patient is admitted into observation following a work-related accident. On the second day of observation, the attending physician performs an expanded problem-focused interval history and a problem-focused examination and uses medical decision making (MDM) of moderate complexity. The attending physician discusses with the patient the improvement in their clinical condition and begins discharge planning for the patient. What is the appropriate CPT code to report for this scenario? Answer: It would be appropriate to report code 99232, Subsequent hospital...

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