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Consider Including Telephone E/M in History or MDM

Question: We have a new patient that called his physician to discuss his visit that took place three days prior to the call. How do I code for this? Minnesota Subscriber  Answer: Unfortunately, depending on the payer you are billing to, the call on its own may not be billable.   Very few payers, Medicare included, reimburse for telephone call codes 99441–99443 [...]
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