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A patient came in to establish care with one of our providers and for contraceptive management. The provider documented the decision to obtain old records from the patient's previous provider and the rest of the visit involved contraceptive counseling. Can a problem-based visit code be used even though there is not an illness or injury? Can contraceptive management be considered a chief complaint and can documentation on the history of contraceptive use be used towards the HPI? The visit cannot be billed as a preventive care visit because the only element of a physical exam was taking the patient's vital signs. I would really appreciate some advice on how to code this scenario.