tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 3

Are You Ready to End Your E/M-Guideline Confusion? We Can Help

Use CMS' responses to our questions to report correct E/M levels Like many coders, you've probably had it up to here with trying to understand Medicare and CPT E/M guidelines. But now you can assign an office visits' elements with confidence if you follow this advice offered by CMS and our coding experts.The scoop: The Coding Institute posed four questions about E/M guidelines to a CMS policy official who spoke with us on the condition of anonymity. Here's what we learned: Diagnostics Impact Complexity Level 1. Question: Suppose a physician orders a diagnostic test, such as a colonoscopy...

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