Medical Billing and Coding Resources
New Patient Definition Before knowing the CPT code for office visit new patient, let’s understand the definition of a new patient. By CPT definition, a new patient is ‘one who has not received any professional services from the physician, or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice, within the […]
99205 CPT Code Description 99205 CPT Code Description: Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and a high level of medical decision making. When using time for code selection, 60-74 minutes of the total time is spent on the date […]
New Patient Definition Before knowing the new patient CPT code let’s understand the definition of a new patient. By CPT definition, a new patient is ‘one who has not received any professional services from the physician, or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice, within the past three years.’ […]
99205 CPT Code Description 99205 CPT Code: Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and a high level of medical decision making.When using time for code selection, 60-74 minutes of the total time is spent on the date of the […]
CPT Code 90792: Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation with Medical Services CPT Code 90792 is used for an initial diagnostic interview exam for an adult or adolescent patient that includes medical services. It includes a chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, family and psychosocial history, and complete mental status examination, as well as the […]
