Here is the problem:
Female patient comes in for an Annual PE with her PCM, turns out that her provider is not comfy doing paps (neither is she, she prefers for a female to do this). So, she is scheduled for an WWE either on the same day (same clinic/diff provider) or she can have an appt a few weeks from now.
The Annual PE is completed & a preventive E&M is assigned. If the same day WWE is kept how should this be coded & how should it be coded a few weeks from the original appt (another prev?)?
Is it possible (legal) to code two, same day annual health checks (PE/WWE) appt as preventives? Is it possible to code these appts within a few weeks/months of each other?
Medicare/aid does not apply in this case.
Female patient comes in for an Annual PE with her PCM, turns out that her provider is not comfy doing paps (neither is she, she prefers for a female to do this). So, she is scheduled for an WWE either on the same day (same clinic/diff provider) or she can have an appt a few weeks from now.
The Annual PE is completed & a preventive E&M is assigned. If the same day WWE is kept how should this be coded & how should it be coded a few weeks from the original appt (another prev?)?
Is it possible (legal) to code two, same day annual health checks (PE/WWE) appt as preventives? Is it possible to code these appts within a few weeks/months of each other?
Medicare/aid does not apply in this case.