CMS diverges from CPT guidance on time rules for new prolonged code
You may need to keep track of two different times for the new prolonged service code — currently held by placeholder CPT code 99XXX — when it debuts in 2021. CMS will not follow the time ranges that the AMA released in its guidelines for office E/M visits and prolonged services.
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