Prolonged Service With Direct Patient Contact (Except with Office or Other Outpatient Services)
Prolonged Service With Direct Patient Contact (Except with Office or Other Outpatient Services) CPT® Code range 99354- 99357
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Prolonged Service With Direct Patient Contact (Except with Office or Other Outpatient Services) 99354-99357 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.
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[*]CMS has also included [B]CPT codes 99354-99355/99356-99357 [/B]Prolonged Services for Office/Inpatient and [B]CPT codes 99497-99498 [/B]Advan... [ Read More ]
The CPT books gives you the answer, in the notes under 90837.
"Use the appropriate prolonged service code (99354, 99355, 99356, 99357) for psychotherapy services not performed with an E&M service o... [ Read More ]
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[*]CMS has also included [B]CPT codes 99354-99355/99356-99357 [/B]Prolonged Services for Office/Inpatient and [B]CPT codes 99497-99498 [/B]Advance Care Planning as being eligible for “audio-o... [ Read More ]
Hello,
Our pediatric Oncology practice has an ARNP who will see patients the same date as the Physician. They both document their own note. The oncology patients usually reach level 5's by risk and... [ Read More ]
Chrissy is correct this issue is addressed in the parenthetical note.
[QUOTE](Use the appropriate prolonged services code [99354, 99355, 99356, 99357] for psychotherapy services not performed with an... [ Read More ]
Some BCBS policy examples stating not reinbursable. Seems to be the same for all of the Blues
[URL]https://www.bluecrossmn.com/healthy/public/portalcomponents/PublicContentServlet?contentId=P11GA_150... [ Read More ]
Currently we bill complicated labor management time (outside of global) using the primary E&M Code and then the prolonged care codes 99354 (or 99356 depending on POS) and 99355 (or 99357) per date of ... [ Read More ]
[b]99358 - billable or not billable??[/b]
[QUOTE="AmandaW, post: 379327, member: 39426"]Any one have any luck billing & getting paid for a Prolonged Service WITHOUT Direct Patient Contact? 99358, +... [ Read More ]
Prolonged service is based on time only. I am not sure what you are referencing. Section H of which guidelines? The 99354-99357 codes are appended to other visit levels when the time spent with th... [ Read More ]