tci E/M Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 2

You Be the Coder: Coding a Team Conference With Family Present

Question: A mid-level provider (MLP) in our office met with a patient’s family member as part of a team conference to discuss the patient’s care. Is the most appropriate team conference code to use 99367? Alabama Subscriber  Answer: No. You should code 99366 (Medical team conference with interdisciplinary team of health care professionals, face-to-face with patient and/or family, 30 minutes or more, participation by non-physician qualified health care professional) because the family is present. Coding 99367 (… patient and/or family not present, 30 minutes or more; participation by physician) specifically says that the patient and/or family isn&rsquo...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci E/M Coding Alert.


Stay informed, get answers to your E/M coding and documentation questions, and find the help you need to bank your deserved pay with your subscription to TCI’s E/M Coding Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 500 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2013 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci E/M Coding Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.