tci E/M Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q1

Reader Questions: Don’t Look to Bundle These E/Ms Together

Question: Our new office manager is facing some confusion about what codes we would report for an office visit. Can we bill 92002 and 99204 together if the physician sees the patient for a general ophthalmological service and then also addresses cataracts, requiring an E/M code, on the same day? Arizona Subscriber Answer: No, you can’t report these two codes together because they indicate the same type of service — a new patient visit. Ophthalmology and optometry are the only specialties that have their own options to report office encounters, and for each encounter, you must choose whether...

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