Wiki PE plus problem visit

perkins05

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If new patient presents for PE and also have a problem, how should that be coded?

99385
99202-25
or
99385
99213-25

Please give rationale behind your decision. Also if there is documentation to support it please share.

Thanks for all your help!
 
If the patient is a new patient for the preventive exam, he/she is also a new patient for the "problem" exam. :)

Mary Treat, CPC
 
Refer to page 35 2013 CPT manual under Preventative Medicine Services. The paragraph in green-type will give you the guidance you are looking for.

Denise Zielonka, CPC
 
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