AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 10 (October)

Evaluation and Management: Prolonged Services (October 2015)

October 2015 pages 3-4 Evaluation and Management: Prolonged Services Revisions and additions were made to the Evaluation and Management/Prolonged Services section of the CPT® 2016 codebook to allow reporting of prolonged monitoring by clinical staff in the office or other outpatient setting that may or may not include face-to-face services by a physician or other qualified health care professional. These changes were the recommendations of an Evaluation and Management (E/M) Workgroup (Workgroup), which was created by the Editorial Panel Chair in answer to a request to identify and report monitoring services provided by nursing staff in an outpatient office...

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