Wiki billable service

[newfiegirl]

My question is: A 15 year old presents with a parent for a PE, vitals are done by nurse, no exam by provider, just a face-to-face with parent that the services they are requesting are not within his scope of practice, parent decided to leave at that point, is this a billable service. Provider chose as PE 99384 as this was a new pt with a z00.129 dx. There is clearly no provider- relationship at this point in time. Thanks for any help.

 

[thomas7331]

You certainly cannot bill 99384 if no exam was done, and if there is no chief complaint or problem that the provider evaluated, then no other E&M would be appropriate either. Even if you can find a code, I would advise against billing for this visit as it will likely only create a complaint and a customer relations problem for your practice.