I went to urgent care a few weeks ago for a wrist/hand injury. The PA came and looked at it for about 2 minutes, then sent me for x-rays, came back and told me it wasn’t broken and sent me on my way.
That 2 minutes in the room with me and then maybe 10 minutes to examine the x-rays was billed as 99203 (30-44 min office visit) for $357 dollars.
The description of the code does state that any time used to review my medical charts/history etc. counts towards the time spent with me. And I don’t know what the PA was doing when they weren’t in the room. But it seems HIGHLY unlikely that they actually spent 30-44 minutes working with me. The PA and I were only in the exam room together for a grand total of MAYBE 5 minutes.
It’s just mind boggling that I’m getting charged $357 for about 5 minutes of time.
I think my lack of interactions with the healthcare industry might be showing here, but nonetheless…
Make it make sense.
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