99203 CPT ® Code Description, Progress Notes, RVU, Distribution.

This 99203 CPT ® lecture reviews the procedure code definition, progress note examples, RVU values, national distribution data and explains when this code should be used in the clinic and hospital setting. CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology. This code is part of a family of medical billing codes descr ibed by the numbers 99201-99205. CPT® 99203 represents the mid (level 3) office or otheroutpatient new patient visit and is part of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS).  Make sure to also review the lecture on thelevel 4 new clinic visit as well. A patient is considered outpatient until inpatient admission to a healthcare facility occurs.  This procedure code lecture for new office patient visits is part of a complete series of CPT ® lectures written by myself, a board certified internal medicine physician with over ten years of clinical hospitalist experience in a large community hospitalist program. I have written my collection of evaluation and management (E/M) lectures over the years to help physicians and nonphysician practitioners (nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants) understand the complex criteria required to stay compliant with the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) and other third party insurance companies.You can find my entire collection of  billing and coding CPT ® lectures together in one place on my Pinterest site (CPT® lectureshere ...

Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 25, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs