Wiki meet and greet

[cdr4life]

Hello, I need some help from my fellow coders please. I code for a doctor's office in Arizona. A patient came to our office recently for a "meet and greet" with the Doctor. That's all the exam had in the chart note. Would this be considered a nurse visit since that's all the doctor put in the exam was "meet and greet with patient, patient declined exam"? Please let me know what you think I should do.

Thank you,

 

[Pam Warren]

Unless there was medical necessity documented along with a complaint, or a discussion with regards to preventive care, you'd not be able to bill this out to anyone except the patient directly. Meet & greets are sometimes done pro-bono, but often are billed directly to the patient unless a medically necessary service took place.