Hello,
I wanted to get some clarification on the billing for a particular scenerio. If a patient has been established for several months in our office and they were originally diagnosed with lets say hypertension and hyperlipidemia by our physician; if the patient is coming in for a recheck on them or for refills or for blood work; can we append the modifier 25 to the E/M code even though there are not really a new problem?
Thanks,
Raquel
I wanted to get some clarification on the billing for a particular scenerio. If a patient has been established for several months in our office and they were originally diagnosed with lets say hypertension and hyperlipidemia by our physician; if the patient is coming in for a recheck on them or for refills or for blood work; can we append the modifier 25 to the E/M code even though there are not really a new problem?
Thanks,
Raquel