Office or Other Outpatient Services CPT® Code range 99202- 99215
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Office or Other Outpatient Services 99202-99215 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.
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There were several posts about this within the past 2 years. The CMS guidance was if the majority of the visit was able to be completed via video, code 99202-99215. If the video never connected, the... [ Read More ]
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Agree with amyjph, observation codes 99218-99220 are for the attending provider only - consulting providers cannot use those. For Medicare patients, consulting providers need to use 99202-99215 for p... [ Read More ]
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Amanda is right your diet gurus cannot bill CPT 99202-99215 unless a clinician such as MD DO NP or PA. Dieticians not allowed to use those codes. CPT 99402, 97802 can be used and 98960... [ Read More ]
Hello everyone, I have a question that has been bugging me for the last 2 months, I am the clinics Pro Fee Coder (about 5 clinics that I code for using the EPIC system). I work for a hospital in North... [ Read More ]
Hello everyone, I have a question that has been bugging me for the last 2 months, I am the clinics Pro Fee Coder (about 5 clinics that I code for using the EPIC system). I work for a hospital in Nor... [ Read More ]
Am I correct in thinking that the only codes that are allowed to be billed as a Split (or Shared) are codes 99202-99215 (Other Outpatient) , 99217-99226 (Hospital Observation), 99221-99239 (Hospital I... [ Read More ]
You code the diagnoses being treated, or that affect the treatment. If chronic illnesses are affecting the weight loss treatment, I would recommend this be indicated by the clinician.
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