According to the Federal Register, the definition of a "new" patient when assigning a CPT Evaluation and Management (medical visit) code to a Medicare hospital outpatient under the prospective payment system is a patient that has
A. not seen the physician within the last 3 years.
B. not seen the physician within the last 5 years.
C. not already been assigned a medical record number.
D. never seen the physician before.
According to the Federal Register, the definition of a "new" patient when assigning a CPT Evaluation and Management (med
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According to the Federal Register, the definition of a "new" patient when assigning a CPT Evaluation and Management (med
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