A 71-year-old established patient is seen by their primary care physician (PCP) for their routine 6-month follow-up for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), bilateral osteoarthritis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The patient's conditions are stable, and the prescriptions are continued and renewed without change because the patient is taking the medication appropriately and their DM and COPD are under control. The PCP ordered and reviewed the CBC, lipid profile, and A1C, and performed an independent interpretation of the knee X ray obtained by the patient's orthopedic surgeon. What would be the appropriate code to report for this scenario? ...

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