The attending physician performs a subsequent visit for an established resident in a skilled nursing facility, addressing ongoing problems with MDM-based leveling. Which E/M family best fits that professional service?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Follow-ups in the nursing facility have their own E/M neighborhood. Subsequent nursing facility care is the attending’s day-to-day visit family—not office or ED codes with a creative place of service.
Full Explanation
Subsequent nursing facility care codes describe the attending or qualified practitioner’s follow-up E/M in the nursing facility setting. Office outpatient codes are inappropriate when the service is true nursing-facility subsequent care, and ED codes are not selected merely because the campus includes acute services. Discharge management codes apply to discharge services, not routine subsequent visits.