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Prolonged Service without face to face patient contact
Are 99358 and 99359 coded in addition to E/M services?
non-face to face
Read the note before these codes. The add-on status has been removed from code 99358, which helps clarify that the prolonged services (99358 and 99359) may now be reported on a different date than the primary service to which it is related.
However, the guidelines specify that the prolonged service must relate to a service or patient where direct face-to-face patient care has occurred or will occur and relate to ongoing patient management. The primary service to which the prolonged service is related does not need to have a typical time established in the CPT® code set. Additional language states that 99358 should be used only once per day
Prolonged Service without face to face patient contact
A simple yes or no is what I am looking for here. I have read the descriptions for these two codes and that is why I am asking for clarification on this blog site. Thank You.
prolonged services
Yes.