decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2022 Issue 10 (October)
Office visits in ’21: Slight bounce back from the COVID-19 crash, denials stayed flat
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Article Overview
This article summarizes Medicare Part B claims data for office and other outpatient E/M visits across the 2019-2021 period. It explains how utilization changed during the pandemic, how selected visit types compared with prior years, and what the claims data suggested about denial patterns during the transition to updated office visit guidelines. The piece is useful for coders, billers, practice managers, and compliance staff tracking office visit volume trends and the impact of guideline changes.
Why This Topic Matters
Office visit coding is a high-volume area, so even small shifts in utilization or denials can affect documentation workflow, reimbursement monitoring, and coding compliance. This article helps readers understand broad claim trends and the operational significance of the 2021 transition period.
Article Sections
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Benchmark of the week
A brief framing section introducing the article’s weekly benchmark topic and the claims-data focus for office and other outpatient visit trends.
What You Will Learn
- How office and other outpatient visit volume changed across 2019, 2020, and 2021
- What the claims data suggests about utilization trends during the pandemic period
- How denial patterns are discussed in relation to the office visit coding transition
- Which broad categories of office visit services are included in the analysis
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Medical billers
- Compliance staff
- Practice managers
- Revenue cycle professionals
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