Urology Coding Alert

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Question: During a scheduled office visit of a new patient, our urologist spent an extensive amount of time with the patient. He spent a total of 114 minutes with the patient. I planned to bill the encounter with 99205 based on time since more than half the visit was spent counseling the patient. But is there a way to get additional [...]
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