Wiki seeing a patient on the job

[rhondareeney]

A provider saw a new patient while doing regular patient visits at an ILF. The new patient was an employee of the ILF. Can he bill for this service, and what location would we use?

 

[blaymon]

He should be able to bill for this service if he did a history, exam, and management but I am not sure how this conversation occurred. Did the employee say, "I have had sinus congestion and a cough for 5 days can you write me a prescription for an antibiotic?". Or did he actually document an encounter for this patient (which he should or else he could get in trouble with his state medical board)? If he wants to bill for this encounter, I think, he could be an outpatient visit (99201-99205). Hope this helps.