Note that you receive only one point for all the data you review in any one category. If you ordered or reviewed three different lab tests, for instance, you can claim only one point. But if you ordered or reviewed a lab test, an X-ray and an EKG, you receive a total of three po...
For example, if a patient were to come in for multiple X-rays, the first X-ray with the highest reimbursement would be coded with the CPT, and all subsequent X-rays would be amended with modifier 51. CPT Modifier 52 Reduced Services Modifier52 indicates that the physician has elected ...
Coding for well visits is much trickier. Well visit codes will be shown as 9938x or 9939x, where x is again 1-5 but now represents the age of the patient. “Typical” resources needed are fairly consistent from age to age so CPT E/M codes define a “typical minimum” that must be ...