new vs established patient

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The CPT book states "an established patient is one who has recieved professional services from the physician/qualigied health care professional or another physician/qualified health care professional of the exact same specialty and subspecialty who belongs to the same group practice, within the past three years." My question is this, a patient sees an orthopedic physician and is now seeing a podiatrist. Is this a new patient or an established patient? I understand the CPT states "subspecialty," however when the podiatrist sees the patient they are looking at different body areas and also having to spend more time gathering information then if this was an established patient.

Thanks for any help or clarification.

new vs established patient