Time attestation for 2 services
| Advance care planning |
| This is a time code. You must enter in the number of minutes spent on advance care planning. |
| Example: “I spent ___ minutes with the patient on advance care planning.” |
| You may also state “I have spent > 16 minutes on advance care planning.” |
| Template suggestion: “I spent ___ minutes with the patient in counseling and discussion of goals of care, code status, and advance directives as detailed in the assessment and plan (excluding visit time and annual wellness visit time).” |
| Depression screening |
| This is a time code. You must enter in the number of minutes spent on depression screening |
| Example: “ ___ minutes were spent on depression screening.” |
| You must enter in the minutes on each patient. |
| Template suggestion: ”I spent ___ minutes with the patient on screening and counseling about depression (excluding advance care planning and annual wellness visit time).” |