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Home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient which requires these 3 key components: A problem focused history; A problem focused examination; and Straightforward medical decision making. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are of low severity. Physicians typically spend 20 minutes face-to-face with the patient an

Home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient which requires these 3 key components: An expanded problem focused history; An expanded problem focused examination; and Medical decision making of low complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are of moderate severity. Physicians typically spend 30 minutes face-

Home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient which requires these 3 key components: A detailed history; A detailed examination; and Medical decision making of moderate complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other physicians other qualified health care professionals or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are of moderate to high severity. Typically 45 minutes

Home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient which requires these 3 key components: A comprehensive history; A comprehensive examination; and Medical decision making of moderate complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are of high severity. Physicians typically spend 60 minutes face-to-face with the patien

Home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient which requires these 3 key components: A comprehensive history; A comprehensive examination; and Medical decision making of high complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the patient is unstable or has developed a significant new problem requiring immediate physician attention. Physicians

Home visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components: A problem focused interval history; A problem focused examination; Straightforward medical decision making. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are self limited or minor. Physicians typically spend 15 minute

Home visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components: An expanded problem focused interval history; An expanded problem focused examination; Medical decision making of low complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are of low to moderate severity. Physicia

Home visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components: A detailed interval history; A detailed examination; Medical decision making of moderate complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are moderate to high severity. Physicians typically spend 40 minutes f

Home visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components: A comprehensive interval history; A comprehensive examination; Medical decision making of moderate to high complexity. Counseling and/or coordination of care with other providers or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the patient's and/or family's needs. Usually the presenting problem(s) are of moderate to high severity. The patient may be

Prolonged service(s) in the outpatient setting requiring direct patient contact beyond the time of the usual service; first hour (List separately in addition to code for outpatient Evaluation and Management or psychotherapy service except with office or other outpatient services [99202 99203 99204 99205 99212 99213 99214 99215])

Prolonged service(s) in the outpatient setting requiring direct patient contact beyond the time of the usual service; each additional 30 minutes (List separately in addition to code for prolonged service)

Prolonged service in the inpatient or observation setting requiring unit/floor time beyond the usual service; first hour (List separately in addition to code for inpatient or observation Evaluation and Management service)

Prolonged service in the inpatient or observation setting requiring unit/floor time beyond the usual service; each additional 30 minutes (List separately in addition to code for prolonged service)

Prolonged evaluation and management service before and/or after direct (face-to-face) patient care; first hour

Prolonged evaluation and management service before and/or after direct (face-to-face) patient care; each additional 30 minutes (List separately in addition to code for prolonged physician service)

Physician standby service requiring prolonged physician attendance each 30 minutes (eg operative standby standby for frozen section for cesarean/high risk delivery for monitoring EEG)

Anticoagulant management for an outpatient taking warfarin physician review and interpretation of International Normalized Ratio (INR) testing patient instructions dosage adjustment (as needed) and ordering of additional tests; initial 90 days of therapy (must include a minimum of 8 INR measurements)

Anticoagulant management for an outpatient taking warfarin physician review and interpretation of International Normalized Ratio (INR) testing patient instructions dosage adjustment (as needed) and ordering of additional tests; each subsequent 90 days of therapy (must include a minimum of 3 INR measurements)

Medical team conference with interdisciplinary team of health care professionals face-to-face with patient and/or family 30 minutes or more participation by nonphysician qualified health care professional

Medical team conference with interdisciplinary team of health care professionals patient and/or family not present 30 minutes or more; participation by physician