Lori
Well-known member
Good Morning Coders!
What are you coding today?
Total time on the date of the encounter (office or other outpatient services [99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215]): For coding purposes, time for these services is the total time on the date of the encounter. It includes both the face-to-face and non-face-to-face time personally spent by the physician and/or other qualified health care professional(s) on the day of the encounter (includes time in activities that require the physician or other qualified health care professional and does not include time in activities normally performed by clinical staff).
Physician/other qualified health care professional time includes the following activities, when performed:
preparing to see the patient (eg, review of tests)
obtaining and/or reviewing separately obtained history
performing a medically appropriate examination and/or evaluation
counseling and educating the patient/family/caregiver
ordering medications, tests, or procedures
referring and communicating with other health care professionals (when not separately reported)
documenting clinical information in the electronic or other health record
independently interpreting results (not separately reported) and communicating results to the
patient/ family/caregiver
care coordination (not separately reported)
Do not count time spent on the following:
the performance of other services that are reported separately
travel
teaching that is general and not limited to discussion that is required for the management of a
specific patient
What are you coding today?
Total time on the date of the encounter (office or other outpatient services [99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215]): For coding purposes, time for these services is the total time on the date of the encounter. It includes both the face-to-face and non-face-to-face time personally spent by the physician and/or other qualified health care professional(s) on the day of the encounter (includes time in activities that require the physician or other qualified health care professional and does not include time in activities normally performed by clinical staff).
Physician/other qualified health care professional time includes the following activities, when performed:
preparing to see the patient (eg, review of tests)
obtaining and/or reviewing separately obtained history
performing a medically appropriate examination and/or evaluation
counseling and educating the patient/family/caregiver
ordering medications, tests, or procedures
referring and communicating with other health care professionals (when not separately reported)
documenting clinical information in the electronic or other health record
independently interpreting results (not separately reported) and communicating results to the
patient/ family/caregiver
care coordination (not separately reported)
Do not count time spent on the following:
the performance of other services that are reported separately
travel
teaching that is general and not limited to discussion that is required for the management of a
specific patient