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We have a provider that had a 25 minute meeting with a patient's family but the patient was not present. Can we bill for a Level 4, 99214 for time spent with family?

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ddegraz@comcast.net said:
We have a provider that had a 25 minute meeting with a patient's family but the patient was not present. Can we bill for a Level 4, 99214 for time spent with family?

Thank you.
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Per CPT guidelines, in the Established Patient codes, description reads "__ minutes are spent face-to-face with patient and/or family". So looking at this, it is fine to bill the visit without the patient being present. However, you need to check with the payer also. Medicare will not cover a visit without the patient, but we have questioned some of our commercial payers, and they do allow this.

Hope this helps!
 
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