Dr. Green works for a house-call physician service. She was called to evaluate a new patient, an 88-year-old bedridden woman who has developed a painful rash on her posterior left side of the trunk, extending from C6 to C7 around the right side and ending midline on the anterior trunk just below the sternum. The physician performs a detailed history and a detailed examination and medical decision making is of low complexity. She diagnoses the patient with shingles. Select the appropriate codes.

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The correct diagnosis code for shingles is B02.9. The appropriate E/M code for a detailed history and examination with low complexity decision making for a home visit is 99342.

Dr Green Works for a House-Call Physician Service