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Coding for E/M home visits changed this year. Here’s what you need to know

CPT has revised codes for at-home evaluation and management (E/M) services as of Jan. 1, 2023. Services to patients in a private residence (e.g., house or apartment) or temporary lodgings (e.g., hotel or shelter) are now combined with services in facilities where only minimal health care is provided (e.g., independent or assisted living) in these code families:

Home or residence E/M services, new patient

• 99341, straightforward medical decision making (MDM) or at least 15 minutes total time,

• 99342, low level MDM or at least 30 minutes total time,

• 99344 (code 99343 has been deleted), moderate level MDM or at least 60 minutes total time,

• 99345, high level MDM or at least 75 minutes total time.

Home or residence services, established patient

• 99347, straightforward MDM or at least 20 minutes total time,

• 99348, low level MDM or at least 30 minutes total time,

• 99349, moderate level MDM or at least 40 minutes total time,

• 99350, high level MDM or at least 60 minutes total time.

Select these codes based on either your level of medical decision making or total time on the date of the encounter , similar to selecting codes for office visits . The E/M codes specific to domiciliary, rest home (e.g., boarding home), or custodial care (99324-99238, 99334-99337, 99339, and 99340) have been deleted, and the above codes should also be used in those settings.

When total time on the date of the encounter exceeds the threshold for code 99345 or 99350 by at least 15 minutes, you can add code 99417 to report prolonged services. The exception to this is for patients with Medicare. For those patients, report prolonged home or residence services to Medicare with code G0318 in addition to 99345 (requires total time ≥140 minutes) or 99350 (requires total time ≥110 minutes). Code G0318 is not limited to time on the date of the encounter, but includes any work within three days prior to the service or within seven days after.

Services provided in facilities where significant medical or psychiatric care is available (e.g., nursing facility, intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, or psychiatric residential treatment facility) are reported with codes 99304-99310 .

— Cindy Hughes, CPC, CFPC

Posted on Jan. 19, 2023

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This page contains guidance regarding documentation and payment under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for evaluation and management (E/M) visits.

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Billing and Coding for Physician Home Visits

by Rajeev Rajagopal | Published on May 23, 2018 | Medical Coding

Physician home visits have begun making a comeback, according to a recent report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). With 80% of U.S. adults age 65+ having one or more chronic diseases, this is a welcome development. Point of care testing along with advancements in home health technology and support have improved the physician’s ability to cater to the needs of older weak patients with multiple comorbidities outside the office setting. Outsourcing medical coding can ensure accurate claim submission for optimal reimbursement for services provided. However, to qualify for coverage, the medical record must document the medical necessity of the home visit made in lieu of an office or outpatient visit. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and several contractors of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) scrutinize physician home services billed to the Medicare program to ensure that house calls are medically necessary and not for the convenience of the patient, the patient’s family, or the physician (or provider).

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Physician Home Visits must be “Medically Necessary”

Medicare.gov defines “medically necessary” as “health-care services or supplies needed to prevent, diagnose, or treat an illness, injury, condition, disease, or it’s symptoms and that meet accepted standards of medicine”.

CPT codes 99341 through 99350, Home Services codes, are used to report E/M services provided to a patient residing in his or her own private residence and not any type of facility. According to a 2017 AAPC report:

For home visits to qualify as medically necessary, providers need to document if the home visit is based upon a one-time need, or if the visit is provided to meet an ongoing or permanent need because of the patient’s physical, medical, mental, or psychological issues.
The physician should provide proof that the patient is not physically capable of traveling to the office either this one time, or on an ongoing basis, due to physical or mental issues and not due to financial or other personal reasons.
Home services cannot be provided at the physician’s convenience (for e.g., visiting senior independent living facilities on a routine basis, without requests for or by patients).
Under Medicare’s home health benefit, the beneficiary must be confined to the home for services to be covered.
For home services provided by a physician billed under CPT codes 99341 through 99350, the beneficiary does not need to be confined to the home.

CGS Adminstrators, LCC points out that if the physician visits the patient in his/her home on a regular basis, each note should show how the patient’s condition has changed. Providers should take care to avoid cloned or copied documentation that does not explain how the patient’s condition has improved or deteriorated.

Home Services CPT Code Range 99341- 99350

Codes 99341-99350 report evaluation and management (E/M) services provided in a private residence (place of service 12) and cannot be used if the patient resides in a shared living facility or group home. The description of home visits includes the average time to be used when counseling/coordination of care dominate the visit (for e.g., comprises over 50 percent of total face-to-face time between the provider and patient).

Codes for New Patients

99341 Home visit; low severity problem, 20 min. 99342 moderate severity problem, 30 min. 99343 moderate to high severity problem, 45 min. 99344 high severity problem, 60 min. 99345 patient unstable or significant new problem requiring immediate attention 75 min.

Codes for Established Patients

93347 Self-limited or minor problem, 15 min. 99348 Low to moderate problem, 25 min. 99349 Moderate to high problem, 40 min. 99350 Patient unstable or significant new problem requiring immediate physician attention, 60 min.

If other services such as advanced care planning, diagnostic services, and some minor procedures are performed, they can be documented and billed in addition to the visit code in this setting.

Demographics, Insurance, and Billing Information

As the home visit with a new patient has the same business requirements as a visit to the office, AAPC says that maintaining a complete and accurate medical record for each patient is critical. Physicians should gather the necessary demographic and insurance information and provide patients with the appropriate forms such as Notice of Privacy Practices, general consent for treatment, new patient intake form, history form, and financial policies.

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Billing for Physician Home Visits – Risk Factors

DC based Law Firm Liles Parker lists the risk factors that can lead Medicare reviewers to deny claim payment:

If it appears that one or more of the home services were was conducted for the convenience of the patient, the patient’s family, or the physician
The documentation does not prove that the patient was not able come to the physician’s office or an outpatient clinic for care.
The medical record does not clearly show that the patient, his/her family or another clinician involved in the case sought the initial service
The home services are provided at a frequency that exceeds that which is typically provided in the office and acceptable standards of medical practice
The physician does not personally provide the home services. The service is performed by a non-physician practitioner (NPP) but the claim is being billed at the physician’s rate.
The home services are solely provided by an NPP but only the physician, not the treating NPP, is credentialed with Medicare.
The specific home services performed could be provided by a visiting nurse or home health agency.

With OIG and many CMS contractors auditing home services (CPT codes 99341 through 99350) billed to Medicare, participating physicians should understand the coverage and billing requirements. The documentation should provide clear proof of medical necessity. Other services such as minor procedures or advanced care planning services can also be rendered in a variety of living situations and providers should be familiar with the specifics to each code location. It is important that physicians review all the relevant CPT codes with their medical billing company . Partnering with an experienced medical billing and coding service provider can help home-based primary care practices achieve savings while delivering holistic, team-based care to old, sick, frail, or functionally limited people.

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Overview of Changes For CPT E/M Codes Starting in 2023

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The American Medical Association (AMA) has released changes to the CPT Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes and guidelines , set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2023. These changes build on the revisions to office/outpatient E/M codes in 2021 that emphasized medical decision-making and sought to reduce documentation burden. These E/M changes will affect hospital inpatients, observation care visits, consultations, emergency room visits, nursing facility services along with home, rest home, and domiciliary E/M codes.

Highlights include:

The level of the MDM as defined for each service
Time spent by the practitioner includes face-to-face and non-face-to-face time
History and exam no longer used to select the level of code
Hospital Observation Services E/M codes were deleted
Inpatient Hospital Services E/M codes were revised to include Observation Care Services
Changes to the Prolonged Services Codes
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Prolonged Services Codes

In addition, within the proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed to adopt most of these CPT revisions, although some discrepancies remain.

Of note, the proposed rule includes updates to work and/or practice expense (PE) values for codes describing E/M services, External Extended ECG Monitoring, and Cardiac Ablation. The agency would adopt changes to several E/M code families, including hospital, emergency medicine, nursing facility and home visits, as recommended by the CPT Editorial Panel and AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC). Additionally, the rule includes proposed work and PE values for new/revised codes describing Endovascular Pulmonary Arterial Revascularization and Pulmonary Angiography.

However, CMS does not agree with the AMA regarding the use of Prolonged Service Codes. Prolonged Services CPT codes 99358, 99359, 99415 and 99416 have new guidelines and 99417 has been revised. CMS instead proposes its own prolonged service codes: GXXX1 for use with initial IP/Obs. visit; subsequent IP/Obs. visit; or IP/Obs. same-day admission/discharge visit. CMS has created GXXX2 for prolonged services for use with initial and subsequent NF visits and GXXX3 for use with home/residence visits for new and established patients.

CMS also proposes to not adopt the general CPT rule where a billable unit of time is considered to have been attained when the midpoint is passed (for example, the agency would not consider a service with a time descriptor of 30 minutes to have been satisfied if only 15 minutes of time had been spent furnishing that service).

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The Comprehensive Guide to Moscow Nightlife

Posted on April 14, 2018 July 26, 2018
by Kings of Russia
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Moscow’s nightlife scene is thriving, and arguably one of the best the world has to offer – top-notch Russian women, coupled with a never-ending list of venues, Moscow has a little bit of something for everyone’s taste. Moscow nightlife is not for the faint of heart – and if you’re coming, you better be ready to go Friday and Saturday night into the early morning.

This comprehensive guide to Moscow nightlife will run you through the nuts and bolts of all you need to know about Moscow’s nightclubs and give you a solid blueprint to operate with during your time in Moscow.

What you need to know before hitting Moscow nightclubs

Prices in moscow nightlife.

Before you head out and start gaming all the sexy Moscow girls , we have to talk money first. Bring plenty because in Moscow you can never bring a big enough bankroll. Remember, you’re the man so making a fuzz of not paying a drink here or there will not go down well.

Luckily most Moscow clubs don’t do cover fees. Some electro clubs will charge 15-20$, depending on their lineup. There’s the odd club with a minimum spend of 20-30$, which you’ll drop on drinks easily. By and large, you can scope out the venues for free, which is a big plus.

Bottle service is a great deal in Moscow. At top-tier clubs, it starts at 1,000$. That’ll go a long way with premium vodka at 250$, especially if you have three or four guys chipping in. Not to mention that it’s a massive status boost for getting girls, especially at high-end clubs.

Without bottle service, you should estimate a budget of 100-150$ per night. That is if you drink a lot and hit the top clubs with the hottest girls. Scale down for less alcohol and more basic places.

Dress code & Face control

Door policy in Moscow is called “face control” and it’s always the guy behind the two gorillas that gives the green light if you’re in or out.

In Moscow nightlife there’s only one rule when it comes to dress codes:

You can never be underdressed.

People dress A LOT sharper than, say, in the US and that goes for both sexes. For high-end clubs, you definitely want to roll with a sharp blazer and a pocket square, not to mention dress shoes in tip-top condition. Those are the minimum requirements to level the playing field vis a vis with other sharply dressed guys that have a lot more money than you do. Unless you plan to hit explicit electro or underground clubs, which have their own dress code, you are always on the money with that style.

Getting in a Moscow club isn’t as hard as it seems: dress sharp, speak English at the door and look like you’re in the mood to spend all that money that you supposedly have (even if you don’t). That will open almost any door in Moscow’s nightlife for you.

Types of Moscow Nightclubs

In Moscow there are four types of clubs with the accompanying female clientele:

High-end clubs:

These are often crossovers between restaurants and clubs with lots of tables and very little space to dance. Heavy accent on bottle service most of the time but you can work the room from the bar as well. The hottest and most expensive girls in Moscow go there. Bring deep pockets and lots of self-confidence and you have a shot at swooping them.

Regular Mid-level clubs:

They probably resemble more what you’re used to in a nightclub: big dancefloors, stages and more space to roam around. Bottle service will make you stand out more but you can also do well without. You can find all types of girls but most will be in the 6-8 range. Your targets should always be the girls drinking and ideally in pairs. It’s impossible not to swoop if your game is at least half-decent.

Basic clubs/dive bars:

Usually spots with very cheap booze and lax face control. If you’re dressed too sharp and speak no Russian, you might attract the wrong type of attention so be vigilant. If you know the local scene you can swoop 6s and 7s almost at will. Usually students and girls from the suburbs.

Electro/underground clubs:

Home of the hipsters and creatives. Parties there don’t mean meeting girls and getting drunk but doing pills and spacing out to the music. Lots of attractive hipster girls if that is your niche. That is its own scene with a different dress code as well.

What time to go out in Moscow

Moscow nightlife starts late. Don’t show up at bars and preparty spots before 11pm because you’ll feel fairly alone. Peak time is between 1am and 3am. That is also the time of Moscow nightlife’s biggest nuisance: concerts by artists you won’t know and who only distract your girls from drinking and being gamed. From 4am to 6am the regular clubs are emptying out but plenty of people, women included, still hit up one of the many afterparty clubs. Those last till well past 10am.

As far as days go: Fridays and Saturdays are peak days. Thursday is an OK day, all other days are fairly weak and you have to know the right venues.

The Ultimate Moscow Nightclub List

Short disclaimer: I didn’t add basic and electro clubs since you’re coming for the girls, not for the music. This list will give you more options than you’ll be able to handle on a weekend.

Preparty – start here at 11PM

Classic restaurant club with lots of tables and a smallish bar and dancefloor. Come here between 11pm and 12am when the concert is over and they start with the actual party. Even early in the night tons of sexy women here, who lean slightly older (25 and up).

The second floor of the Ugolek restaurant is an extra bar with dim lights and house music tunes. Very small and cozy with a slight hipster vibe but generally draws plenty of attractive women too. A bit slower vibe than Valenok.

Very cool, spread-out venue that has a modern library theme. Not always full with people but when it is, it’s brimming with top-tier women. Slow vibe here and better for grabbing contacts and moving on.

High-end: err on the side of being too early rather than too late because of face control.

Secret Room

Probably the top venue at the moment in Moscow . Very small but wildly popular club, which is crammed with tables but always packed. They do parties on Thursdays and Sundays as well. This club has a hip-hop/high-end theme, meaning most girls are gold diggers, IG models, and tattooed hip hop chicks. Very unfavorable logistics because there is almost no room no move inside the club but the party vibe makes it worth it. Strict face control.

Close to Secret Room and with a much more favorable and spacious three-part layout. This place attracts very hot women but also lots of ball busters and fakes that will leave you blue-balled. Come early because after 4am it starts getting empty fast. Electronic music.

A slightly kitsch restaurant club that plays Russian pop and is full of gold diggers, semi-pros, and men from the Caucasus republics. Thursday is the strongest night but that dynamic might be changing since Secret Room opened its doors. You can swoop here but it will be a struggle.

Mid-level: your sweet spot in terms of ease and attractiveness of girls for an average budget.

Started going downwards in 2018 due to lax face control and this might get even worse with the World Cup. In terms of layout one of the best Moscow nightclubs because it’s very big and bottle service gives you a good edge here. Still attracts lots of cute girls with loose morals but plenty of provincial girls (and guys) as well. Swooping is fairly easy here.

I haven’t been at this place in over a year, ever since it started becoming ground zero for drunken teenagers. Similar clientele to Icon but less chic, younger and drunker. Decent mainstream music that attracts plenty of tourists. Girls are easy here as well.

Sort of a Coyote Ugly (the real one in Moscow sucks) with party music and lots of drunken people licking each others’ faces. Very entertaining with the right amount of alcohol and very easy to pull in there. Don’t think about staying sober in here, you’ll hate it.

Artel Bessonitsa/Shakti Terrace

Electronic music club that is sort of a high-end place with an underground clientele and located between the teenager clubs Icon and Gipsy. Very good music but a bit all over the place with their vibe and their branding. You can swoop almost any type of girl here from high-heeled beauty to coked-up hipsters, provided they’re not too sober.

Afterparty: if by 5AM you haven’t pulled, it’s time to move here.

Best afterparty spot in terms of trying to get girls. Pretty much no one is sober in there and savage gorilla game goes a long way. Lots of very hot and slutty-looking girls but it can be hard to tell apart who is looking for dick and who is just on drugs but not interested. If by 9-10am you haven’t pulled, it is probably better to surrender.

The hipster alternative for afterparties, where even more drugs are in play. Plenty of attractive girls there but you have to know how to work this type of club. A nicer atmosphere and better music but if you’re desperate to pull, you’ll probably go to Miks.

Weekday jokers: if you’re on the hunt for some sexy Russian girls during the week, here are two tips to make your life easier.

Chesterfield

Ladies night on Wednesdays means this place gets pretty packed with smashed teenagers and 6s and 7s. Don’t pull out the three-piece suit in here because it’s a “simpler” crowd. Definitely your best shot on Wednesdays.

If you haven’t pulled at Chesterfield, you can throw a Hail Mary and hit up Garage’s Black Music Wednesdays. Fills up really late but there are some cute Black Music groupies in here. Very small club. Thursday through Saturday they do afterparties and you have an excellent shot and swooping girls that are probably high.

Shishas Sferum

This is pretty much your only shot on Mondays and Tuesdays because they offer free or almost free drinks for women. A fairly low-class club where you should watch your drinks. As always the case in Moscow, there will be cute girls here on any day of the week but it’s nowhere near as good as on the weekend.

In a nutshell, that is all you need to know about where to meet Moscow girls in nightlife. There are tons of options, and it all depends on what best fits your style, based on the type of girls that you’re looking for.

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Evaluation and management (E/M) codes are found in the CPT ® code set in the range 99202-99499 and cover a variety of services. Many E/M codes, such as those for inpatient care and home visits, include a combination of patient history, examination, and medical decision making (MDM). These factors — history, exam, and MDM (HEM) — are known ...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has released changes to the CPT Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes and guidelines, set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.These changes build on the revisions to office/outpatient E/M codes in 2021 that emphasized medical decision-making and sought to reduce documentation burden. These E/M changes will affect hospital inpatients, observation care visits ...
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E/M coding for outpatient services
The codes apply to services that a wide range of primary care and specialty providers perform regularly. Some of the most commonly reported E/M codes are 99201-99215, which represent office or other outpatient visits. In 2020, the E/M codes for office and outpatient visits include patient history, clinical examination, and medical decision ...
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Solve this Same-Day E/M Situation : You Be the Coder
Question: I'm trying to code an encounter where a family consulted with a provider but the child did not come. The child did come earlier in the day to get updated height and weight but the parent did not want child to be present for the conversation. Can I bill for this visit with a regular evaluation and management (E/M) service code?