ljones88
Networker
I have a question regarding a new patient visit. If we had a dr perform an emergency tracheostomy in the hospital two years ago and then the patient presents to the office for a sinus infection 2 years later, no E/M has ever been billed for this patient and it is within the 3 year mark, would we still have grounds to bill the new patient visit? My instinct is telling me yes cause CMS defines new patient as "A patient who has received no E/M services from the same physician or another physician of the same specialty in the same group within the previous three years."