A 60-year-old man is at the clinic for an eye examination. The nurse suspects that he has ptosis of one eye. How should the nurse check for this?
- Observe the distance between the palpebral fissures
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The CPT code that best fits this case is 99325.
In healthcare, CPT codes are used to identify the types of services provided to a patient. In this way, there are different codes for diagnostic services, surgeries, etc.
In the case described, the service provided has the following characteristics:
- The patient is new.
- He is a custodial care center.
- This is only a regular domiciliary visit.
- This case is just a low complexity case.
Based on this information we can conclude:
- The patient can be classified as a level 2 because his case is not very complex.
- The patient is in a custodial care center rather than in his own home or hospital.
- This is a new patient, not an established patient.
Now, the code to describe these features is 99325 because the codes 99324 to 99337 are used to describe patients in custodial care visits, and the last number (5) determines the patient is a new level 2 patient.
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