Question

JM was in your office for a follow-up visit focused on diabetes management. He brought his wife and his adult daugther to the appointment because he felt he needed his family to be more aware of the nutrition recommendations for his diabetes type II. After JM and his family leave, you complete your billing and coding process. Which of the following would be the accurate way to bill and code?

A. Initial assessment for Diabetes I, individual consultB. Follow-up consult for Diabetes II, individualC. Group consult, healthy diet guidelinesD. Follow-up consult, healthy diet guidelines

Answer 1

The correct answer is - C. group consult, healthy diet guidelines.

Explanation:

JM was in the diabetes management clinic for the consulting and find out the nutrition recommendation with his wife and adult daughter as well so the can be aware of the diabetes type II.

It is a group consulting as there is more than one adult visited for the follow up to get information about the type II diabetes and also wanted to know about nutrition recommendation.

Thus, the correct answer is option - c. group consult, healthy diet guidelines.