Re: section AA9

[Corey Ali]

If it is a regular Power of Attorney and the patient is mentally competent, you code for whomever is responsible, which may be more than one party depending on the document.   If the patient has been considered non-competent to make his or her own decisions, then the Power of Attorney is no longer valid, and the family member is usually who it reverts to (assuming marriage).  A durable power becomes effective only when the patient is declared incompetent, and then the Power of Attorney covers all that is mentioned in the Power.  If the family member is the one who holds the Power of Attorney, then I code BOTH family member AND Power of Attorney.    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: Re: section AA9 In a message dated 4/25/2004 3:09:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Depending on your state, a regular power of attorney, ASSUMING it includes the ability to make health care decisions, is immediately effective, or is effective at the time specified and for the period specified in the document under the Thank you for the reply, that explains very clearly the differences. If I could regress to the original question, what do you code in section AA9 if a family member is POA (not durable) and if non-family member has POA? Thanks again