Wiki Emergency Room HPI

[mbarbour]

If it is documented in the HPI, "limited secondary to patient's age and state", can you count 4 elements for the HPI?

 

[nomerz]

Yes, if you were trying to get to a 99285 and the history is limited for whatever reason, (which should be stated by the provider) you can consider it a comprehensive history based on the caveat rule.

https://www.ebixinc.com/training-your-staff-for-newest-code-regulations/