Question: Would you consider “No sick contacts” acceptable for Family History?
Wisconsin Subscriber
Answer: CPT® defines Family History as a review of medical events in the patient’s family that includes significant information about:
Typically family history is more along the lines of heart disease, diabetes etc. Immediate contacts could also be co-workers, roommates, classmates or anyone the patient has come in contact with that had a medical impact on their presenting problem, which sounds more like a social history. Exercise caution about using the phrase “no sick contacts” as a macro option in an electronic medical record.