tci E/M Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q3

Specialty Spotlight: Make a Pain-Free Transition to 2021 Time Guidelines

Here’s how things will change for pain management coders. The upcoming changes to the office and outpatient E/M codes are going to be challenge for all E/M coders when they take effect on Jan. 1, 2021. Not only will you have to deal with the de-emphasis of history and examination in determining E/M levels, but you will also have to deal with changed time parameters and different definitions of medical decision making (MDM) to make E/M level determinations. While these changes will affect all specialties that bill these codes, each specialty will encounter their own unique difficulties in...

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