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kstine713

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Hello!

I work in a Pediatric office, and we have a visit where the parent of the child came into the office, and then she and the provider did a “televisit” with the patient. He is 17, and they did a meds check over video. Since the parent came into the office, should we code this as an office visit? (Similar to a parent only consult.) Or since the patient was seen via video, should we code this as a Telehealth visit. The only coding difference would be to add the 95 modifier if it’s considered TH (this payer has said to use 11-office as the POS even for televisits.) And this also shouldn’t affect reimbursement, so really we just want to know the most accurate way to send the claim.

Thank you!
Kaytie
 
Since the child is the patient and you are billing for a service rendered for the benefit of the child and not the parent, I would consider it telehealth since that best represents the location of the patient.
 
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