(and bill) for a re-eval and update the existing plan of care. After all, as McKee explains, “a re-evaluation is triggered by a significant clinical change in the condition for which the original plan of care was established.” The patient should now be receiving care for bilateral ...
(When 1 physician performed the preop care and eval and another physician performed the surgical procedure the pre op component may be identified by adding this modifier the procedure code) Modifier - 57 Decision for Surgery (An E/M service that resulted in the initial decision to perform th...
purpose of physical assessment of victims of sexual assault to assess pt for injuriesto collect evidence for forensic eval presenting problems suggestive of abuse vague info about cause of problemDelay between occurrence and tmt denial/minimizing seriousness of injury health problems suggestive of abuse ...