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  • 1.  Length of nurse visits

    Posted 10-14-2023 11:49

    We are looking at our RN visit calendars and trying to determine the best utilization of time. For your institutions, do you have a set length of time for an RN visit? For example: Annual Wellness Visits- 30 minutes, Well Child Visit- 45 minutes, HTN with education- 45 minutes......Do these correlate with what others are doing? How did you decide on the timing of the visits to ensure a quality visit? And, do you include any non-visit care time between visits? 



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    Deanne Wallenstein
    Nurse Manager- Primary Care
    Mantorville MN
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  • 2.  RE: Length of nurse visits

    Posted 10-19-2023 12:46

    Great question! I wanted to add and see how these visits are being billed. Is everything going under 99211 or do you have a provider pop in? 45 mins for a nurse visit seems like it should be billed differently, although, I am not sure through CMS it can.



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    Isabel Sanchez BSN
    UChealth Medical Group
    Colorado Spgs CO
    (719)364-3688
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  • 3.  RE: Length of nurse visits

    Posted 10-19-2023 13:57

    Hello Isabel,

    These visits would be billed under 99211.  The 99211 code is often used for activities such as taking a patient's blood pressure, administering vaccines or medications, providing brief health education, or handling other simple, routine tasks.  If a provider pops in, then this would be a different billing code.  According to CSM, for prolonged office or outpatient E/M visits, healthcare providers should use HCPCS add-on code G2212. 



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    Karen Perez DNP MSN-Ed APRN RN-AMB GERO
    CEO
    Danvers Nursing Institute
    Hollywood FL
    (786)286-0403
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  • 4.  RE: Length of nurse visits

    Posted 10-19-2023 12:46

    Hello Deanne,

    In my experience, annual wellness visits, are recommended to last 60 minutes for the initial visit and 30 minutes for subsequent visits. Well Child Visits may vary based on age, but they often require 30-45 minutes.  How this was helpful.



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    Karen Perez DNP MSN-Ed APRN RN-AMB GERO
    CEO
    Danvers Nursing Institute
    Hollywood FL
    (786)286-0403
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