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Choosing New vs. Established Patient Codes

Published on Wed Jul 22, 2015

Question: What is the difference between a new and established patient, for office E/M coding purposes? I’ve heard that you can consider a patient new even if they’ve been to your practice before. Is that true? Nevada Subscriber Answer: Quite obviously, if your practice sees a patient for the first time ever, you should choose a new patient E/M code (99201-99205, [...]
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