tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 12

E/M Briefing: Tighten Encounter Documentation to Ethically Maximize Pay

Audit-protect your claims. If you or your surgeons get lazy and always report the same E/M code for every patient, you might be raising a big red flag that says “audit me.” Plus, you might be sacrificing legitimate pay for your practice. Do this: Follow our experts’ guidelines to brush up on your E/M coding skills and make the most of this part of your surgery practice billing. Avoid the One E/M Code Rut Although your surgeons’ E/M encounters might legitimately cluster around a few codes, be on guard against constantly reporting the same code because of...

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