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December 21st, 2020 / By Colleen Deighan, RHIA
As we continue our Evaluation and Management (E/M) blog series on the revisions to E/M services for Office and Other Outpatient Services for New and Established patients, I want to […]
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November 18th, 2020 / By Kelly Long, CPC, CPCO, Jean Jones, CPC, Karla VonEschen, CPC, CPMA
So far in our E/M blog series, we have covered the first and second element of medical decision making (MDM). Today we will cover changes to the third and final […]
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November 13th, 2020 / By Colleen Deighan, RHIA
I have been anxiously waiting for my 2021 CPT book to arrive and it finally did last Friday! Since attending the American Medical Association’s CPT Symposium last November and having […]
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November 6th, 2020 / By Rebecca Caux-Harry
In this next blog post in our blog series focused on the new E/M guidelines, I’m going to focus on Medical Decision Making, which along with Time, is a key […]
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August 14th, 2019 / By Barbara Aubry, RN
For those involved in coding and compliance, this is not the first time attempted changes to E/M rules have been proposed. Remember 1995 and 1997? Of course, I’m way too […]
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October 13th, 2014 / By Rebecca Caux-Harry
In keeping with the theme of previous blog posts–the professional realm of E&M coding–I’d like to discuss medical necessity as it relates to the final level of care. CMS has […]