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Pulmonology Coding:

Break Down the Established Patient Definition

Question: We bill for a multispecialty clinic, which has a cardiothoracic surgeon, a cardiologist, and a pulmonologist on staff. If a patient sees both the cardiothoracic surgeon and cardiologist, but is new to the pulmonologist, should we report new or established patient office visit codes when the patient visits the pulmonologist? Alaska Subscriber Answer: You will report new patient evaluation [...]
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