CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 2, 2021

The physician and his physician assistant (PA) each spent time seeing an established patient for an E/M office visit. The physician spent a total of 25 minutes and the PA spent a total of 18 minutes on the day of service. The respective time for the physician and the PA includes 8 minutes spent meeting jointly with the patient. How is time spent with the established patient calculated to select the level of code to report using total time?

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