AMA CPT® Assistant - 2023 Issue 11 (November)

Reporting Caregiver Training Without the Patient Present (November 2023)

November 2023 pages 1-21 Reporting Caregiver Training Without the Patient Present For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2024 code set effective January 1, 2024, a new subsection within the Medicine section containing three new codes (97550-97552) has been established. These new codes describe training provided to the patient that includes strategies and techniques to assist with functional activities by a physician or other qualified health care professional (QHP) of a caregiver without the patient present. New guidelines have also been established to guide users to the appropriate code(s) to report based on the time involved, as well as...

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