Follow-up visits in Emergency, UCC or AACC

Criteria:

All of the following criteria must be met:

These codes apply to situations where a physician has examined the patient, and the patient is waiting for further evaluation, treatment and/or:

May only be claimed by physicians on rotation duty or providing first-call coverage in an emergency department with more than 25,000 visits per year.
May not be claimed on the same shift by the physician who provided the initial assessment.
May not be claimed when the patient has been admitted to the hospital but is awaiting an inpatient bed.
May only be claimed once per patient per shift.

May only be claimed by the physician who provided the initial assessment when a second call for attendance is made by staff or another physician.
May be claimed by another physician who is taking over the care of the patient.

May not be claimed on the same shift by the physician who provided the initial assessment.
May only be claimed once per patient per shift.
May only be claimed by physicians on rotation duty in an AACC or UCC.

03.05F, 03.05FA, 03.05FB, 03.05FC, 03.05FD, 03.05FE:
- Rotation-duty ER department and AACC, UCC – These codes apply to situations where one physician has examined a patient, but (due to a shift change) a second physician needs to complete the service.
03.05FF, 03.05FG, 03.05FH:
- In non-rotation-duty departments, these codes apply to situations where the physician has examined the patient but has kept the patient in the emergency department for extended care.
- The physician who initially assesses the patient must be called back to the emergency department on the patient’s behalf for a second attendance. In this case, a callback may not be claimed in addition (03.05FF, FG, FH apply).
- May be claimed for assessment by physician taking care of or assuming care of the patient.

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