Male Consult
My group was wondering if and how to code for a male partner consultation. We and others we know code only for a new female patient visit but we do see both the male and female, take two histories, do a physical exam on both, and engage them both in education and decision making and well as order labs and a semen analysis. Can and should we be billing each patient as a new visit? If so, would we just bill the appropriate level of complexity?
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