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Phone in This E/M Encounter

Published on Mon May 20, 2024

Question: A patient presented to the office for a follow-up appointment. When the patient arrived, they were coughing, and we found out they had active COVID-19. We placed the patient in a room, and the provider conducted the visit over the phone. Both the provider and the patient were in the same office, but the provider did not physically see the [...]
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