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ACFAK – ACGZZ Client Assessment – New client home-visit with nursing diagnosis
ACFAK Nurse comprehensive prolonged existing in-office 120 minutes
Assessing and/or managing an existing client using nursing diagnoses in a comprehensive, prolonged,
120-minute, in-office meeting. Use this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician
oversight. The client may or may not have a medical diagnosis.
ACFAL Nurse comprehensive prolonged existing in-office 150 minutes
Assessing and/or managing an existing client using nursing diagnoses in a comprehensive, prolonged,
150-minute, in-office meeting. Use this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician
oversight. The client may or may not have a medical diagnosis.
ACFZZ Undefined nurse existing client in-office with nursing diagnosis narrative required
Any elsewhere undefined existing client, in-office with nursing diagnosis, narrative required. Use this code
to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may not have a medical
diagnosis. To help develop more comprehensive coding, please submit an ABC Terminology and Code
Request form, which is available in the back of all ABC coding publications and at www.ABCcodes.com.
ACG New client home-visit with nursing diagnosis
ACGAH Nurse simple new home-visit 10 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a simple, 10-minute home-visit. Use
this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may not have
a medical diagnosis.
ACGAI Nurse usual new home-visit 20 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a usual, 20-minute home-visit. Use
this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may not have
a medical diagnosis.
ACGAJ Nurse detailed new home-visit 30 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a detailed, 30-minute home-visit. Use
this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may not have
a medical diagnosis.
ACGAK Nurse detailed new home-visit 45 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a detailed, 45-minute home-visit. Use
this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may not have
a medical diagnosis.
ACGAL Nurse comprehensive new home-visit 60 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a comprehensive, 60-minute homevisit.
Use this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may
not have a medical diagnosis.
ACGAM Nurse comprehensive prolonged new home-visit 90 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a comprehensive, prolonged 90minute,
home-visit. Use this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The
client may or may not have a medical diagnosis.
ACGAN Nurse comprehensive prolonged new home-visit 120 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a comprehensive, prolonged 120minute,
home-visit. Use this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The
client may or may not have a medical diagnosis.
ACGAO Nurse comprehensive prolonged new home-visit 150 minutes
Assessing and/or managing a new client using nursing diagnoses in a comprehensive, prolonged 150minute,
home-visit. Use this code to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The
client may or may not have a medical diagnosis.
ACGZZ Undefined nurse new client home-visit with nursing diagnosis narrative required
Any elsewhere undefined new client home-visit with nursing diagnosis, narrative required. Use this code
to describe advanced nursing care without physician oversight. The client may or may not have a medical
diagnosis. To help develop more comprehensive coding, please submit an ABC Terminology and Code
Request form, which is available in the back of all ABC coding publications and at www.ABCcodes.com.
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