DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 9 (September)

Analysis: Shift from level 2 and 3 E/Ms toward 4s and 5s is speeding up

You and your peers are billing more high-level E/M services and fewer level 2 and level 3 codes, according to an exclusive Part B News analysis of the most recent 2010 CMS claims data (see main story, pg. 1). While the elimination of consults in 2010 is part of the reason, the consult change only impacted 99201-99205, and the trend toward more high-level codes was seen long before 2010.

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