Wiki Billing for an office visit

[lindafay1123]

I have a billing question. If we have a patient who's wife went and talked with another doctor about his care. The patient was not present during the visit, just the wife, can the physician bill a office visit of 99213?

 

[CodingKing]

If its medicare, patient must be present. Commercial you may want to check with the payer.

 

[alinton01]

coding for visits without patient present

Completely agree with the answer above 100%. No for Medicare and check with a commercial payer.
Ann Linton, CPC, CEMC, CUC, AAPC Fellow