Hi,
We are a community health center that has consulting specialists come see patients periodically. I have a patient who is an existing patient of the clinic but is seeing the consulting pulmonologist for the first time, the place of service is the clinic, not the Dr.'s private practice. The Dr. coded a 99204. Is this correct, or should it be a 99214 as the patient is not new to the clinic where the appointment is taking place? We are doing the billing and EMR management for this visit.
Thanks for your help.
We are a community health center that has consulting specialists come see patients periodically. I have a patient who is an existing patient of the clinic but is seeing the consulting pulmonologist for the first time, the place of service is the clinic, not the Dr.'s private practice. The Dr. coded a 99204. Is this correct, or should it be a 99214 as the patient is not new to the clinic where the appointment is taking place? We are doing the billing and EMR management for this visit.
Thanks for your help.