mitzfritz215
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The doctor I work for does rounds at the hospital. I get a sheet with the dates and time that he spends with them. I need to make sure that I am billing the correct codes for the time spent. I know it requires 2 of the 3 key components. My question is this - if the doctor spends 35 or more minutes with a Pt but the notes read that they are comfortable with no acute distress and he took vitals, reviewed blood work results, x-rays and was on the floor/unit do I only bill for 15 minutes since the Pt is stable, recovering or improving? I think I should only be billing 99231 but how can the doctor be paid for the extra time? Sometimes he's with the Pt's for a very long time.
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