Search
outpatient encounter; office visit
Designation for billing purposes:
Procedure:
- generally includes:
- medical history
- physical examination
- medical decision making
- counseling &/or coordination of care
Notes:
- in past 20 years, Medicare patients began seeing more specialists
- visits to primary care providers remained unchanged [1]
Related
outpatient
Specific
follow-up encounter
home care
new patient visit
online encounter
telephone appointment visit (TAV); telephone encounter
General
encounter
References
- Barnett ML, Bitton A, Souza J et al.
Trends in outpatient care for Medicare beneficiaries and implications for
primary care, 2000 to 2019.
Ann Intern Med 2021 Nov 2; [e-pub].
PMID: 34724406 PMCID: PMC8688292 (available on 2022-06-01)
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-1523