AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 6 (June)
Medicine, 99050, 99090, 99091 (Q&A) (June 2003)
June 2003 page 10a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 99050, 99090, 99091 (Q&A) Question A physician sees a patient outside of scheduled office hours, to administer pain medication. How would you report this office visit? AMA Comment In the special services, procedures and reports heading in the medicine section, codes 99090-99091 provide the reporting physician with the means of identifying the completion of special reports and services that are an adjunct to the basic services rendered. These adjunct services describe patient encounters involving a special circumstance, such as a service requested and performed after scheduled office hours. These...
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