Thank you, Betsy Nicoletti ~ Coding Intel, for all your articles
“By now, you’ve seen the new CPT add-on code +99459 for use with office visits, office consults, and preventive medicine services. The AMA, in CPT Changes 2024: an Insider’s View, states that the RVS Update Committee (RUC) developed the code to capture the additional costs for visits that include a pelvic exam. It is valued as a practice expense code, which includes supply costs and 4 minutes of staff time. CPT Changes does not say that there must be a chaperone in order to bill the code. They don’t mention it at all.”