CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 17, 2015

Is it appropriate to report an office visit code (99211-99215) when the patient is not present? For example, the family of a stroke patient comes in to discuss the patients care with the physician, while the patient is left at home. This is assuming the physician wants to report the E/M service based on time with non-face-to-face patient contact.

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