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    Wiki Seeing Parent without the Patient present

    Has anything changed in the new 2024 coding rules that state that a Parent can be seen without the child present for a medical visit? It's my understanding they have to be present for the visit if you want to charge for the visit. Am I correct? The old way use to state child and or parent. It...
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    Wiki Seeing a Parent without the Child present

    Has anything changed in the new 2024 coding rules that state that a Parent can be seen without the child present for a medical visit? It's my understanding they have to be present for the visit if you want to charge for the visit. Am I correct? The old way use to state child and or parent...
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    Wiki Coding for Mother without baby

    Mother was having issues with decreased volume, after taking medicine for her allergies. Since we are a Ped's office I would think I could bill the visit out on the Mother, since baby was not with at the time of service?
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    Wiki Coding for Mother without baby

    Can you code a Mother coming in for Lactation concerns for an 8 month old baby that she did not bring with her? We are a Pediatric Practice.
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    Wiki New Outpatient E/M put out by AMA March 2023

    Independent interpretation - What does this mean "This does not apply when the physician or other qualified health care professional who reports the E/M service is reporting (or has previously reported) the test"? Does this mean when doing a note and reporting the E/M, the date interpretation...
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    Wiki Z02.0 & Z02.5 Admission to Educational Institution & Sports Physicals

    I work for a Pediatrics Office in Nebraska and we were wondering if anyone bills out a 99212/99213 for the Z02.0 or the Z02.5 and are you using the code as the primary diagnosis and are you getting paid by Insurance or are they considering as non-covered services since they are not listed under...
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    Wiki Covid 3rd shot vs Booster

    So for the Pfizer booster do we use the 0053A with the 91305 or do we use the 0054A?
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    Wiki Can you bill for a parent without the child present

    Can someone please tell me if I have a parent come in and they do not bring their child with for a visit am I able to charge for the visit? Mom came in for a lactation visit and did not think she needed to bring her child. Since the E/M wording has changed are we able to charge for this now...
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    Wiki Past Medical History

    Thank you Tom Cheezum! So if I understand you correctly, the provider will have to address these issues and put "reviewed" in the chart at each visit that they address them. Now with that being said does the past medical history have to be entered on the same day the patient is seen? If they...
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    Wiki MDM

    Do we have to have past medical history in the chart at each visit with the patient? Can it be in another area in the chart? If needing for MDM it would need to be in the chart during the visit correct?
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    Wiki Past Medical History

    Does the Past Medical History need to be in the note the day they are seeing the patient? It would be in another section of the chart, but do we need this to be in the note at each visit for MDM?
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    Wiki If you are coding a Pediatric Well visit 99392 and you also do a vision a 3yr old occular vision screen 99174, do you only apply the -59 on 99174?

    If we are doing a Pediatric's Wll visit 99392 and we also do a 3yr old ocular vision screen 99174, do you only apply the -59 modifier? Has something changed and you also need to add the -25 modier to the 99392?
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