Wiki New Visit vs. Established visit after EKG

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If a patient makes an appointment with a new provider to establish and the office has the patient come in before their scheduled visit to have blood drawn and an EKG performed (so the provider can have the results to review with the patient at the very first face to face visit) does having these procedures done before the visit change the visit to an Established visit? Any resources that would explain this would be great as well. Thanks!
 
You should be able to still bill a new patient visit. I was able to find this information on Noridian:


Individual who has not received any professional services, Evaluation and Management (E/M) service or other face-to-face service (e.g., surgical procedure) from the same physician or physician group practice (same physician specialty and subspecialty) within the previous 3 years.
For example, if a professional component of a previous procedure is billed in a 3-year time period, (e.g., lab interpretation) and no E/M service or other face-to-face service with the patient is performed, then this patient remains a new patient for the initial visit. An interpretation of a diagnostic test, reading an x-ray or electrocardiogram (EKG) etc., in the absence of an E/M service or other face-to-face service with the patient does not affect the designation of a new patient.
https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jeb/specialties/em/new-vs-established-patient
 
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