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If a patient is triaged in for urinary symptoms and we ask her to come in to see the nurse and a cath urine sample was taken for a culture are we suppose to charge the 99211 and the cath? We take vitals and a brief history. Also, if they see the nurse and give a voided specimen do we charge for the nurse visit? I guess my general confusion is if a nurse visit can be charged when the patient comes in and does not see the provider at that time but the provider is in the office.
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It is my understanding that a nurse billed service must meet incident to criteria. This would require a physician has already evaluated the patient's problem and established a plan of care that is being delegated to the nurse. If the UTI is new, incident to criteria would not be met and the nurse would be unable to charge a 99211.
 
When you state "triaged in". Do you mean via phone? If so then you cannot charge a 99211 or any other service performed by nurse or other ancillary staff as the patient has not been evaluated by your provider for a UTI face to face, with a written plan of care to include a follow up UA.
 
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