A 92-year-old woman is confined to a wheelchair and cannot live by herself. She resides in a residential facility for the elderly. Once every month, the facility has a physician come to the facility to examine and monitor the health of the residents. The physician makes recommendations to the facility and/or family members on the course of care to be given to the woman each month to maintain her health. At today's encounter the physician performs a problem-focused examination and interval history. The decision making is straightforward. Choose the appropriate CPT code:

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The correct CPT code for a domiciliary, rest home (e.g., boarding home), or custodial care services, provided for an established patient, which includes a problem-focused examination and straightforward medical decision making, is 99334. This scenario describes a situation where the patient is an established resident of a residential facility for the elderly, and the services provided by the physician match the description for CPT code 99334.

A 92-Year-Old Woman Is Confined to a Wheelchair and Cannot