I am looking for some guidance/input on appropriate time statements when a visit is dominated by counseling and coordination of care. Our practice has asked our physicians to state time in the following manner:"Total visit time today was 30 minutes with greater than 50% spent in counseling and/or coordination of care."
Inevitiably they will get creative with their time statements and end up stating time something like this:"We spent at least 30 minutes in direct conversation and all that time was spent discussing diagnosis, treatment and management options."
If they document the extent of their counseling/coordination of care and the encounter is truly dominated by this, is it okay to state time in this manner, or is it absolutely necessary to use the words counseling/coordination of care in their time statements?
I appreciate any feedback. Thank you!
Inevitiably they will get creative with their time statements and end up stating time something like this:"We spent at least 30 minutes in direct conversation and all that time was spent discussing diagnosis, treatment and management options."
If they document the extent of their counseling/coordination of care and the encounter is truly dominated by this, is it okay to state time in this manner, or is it absolutely necessary to use the words counseling/coordination of care in their time statements?
I appreciate any feedback. Thank you!