Question: My gastroenterologist met with a patient in the office at the patient’s request (in other words, the service is not a consult). Although the gastroenterologist has seen the patient in the past, the last visit occurred more than four years before. How should I code for this encounter?
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Answer: In this case, you should consider the patient new rather than established. Therefore, you would choose a code from the new patient outpatient services [...]
