Article Overview

This article discusses the relationship between preventive medicine services and office or other outpatient E/M services under the CPT 2021 revisions. It is relevant to coders, billers, and revenue cycle staff who need to understand when preventive care encounters may also support a separate problem-oriented E/M service and how documentation concepts such as ordered tests are considered in that context. The article also addresses the use of modifier 25 when both services occur on the same date.