DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 2 (February)

Benchmark of the Week: High-level new patient E/M codes, 2006 vs. 2008

A broad range of specialties are billing more high-level new patient E/M codes, similar to a trend toward greater billing of high-level established E/M codes, according a Part B News analysis of CMS claims data (PBN 2/8/10). NOTE: The percentages above the bars show how much utilization growth codes 99204 and 99205 have seen over the three-year window.

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