tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 25

Coding: AMA Recommends Changes to E/M Code Descriptors

Association plans 11 questionnaires for specialties The American Medical Association has made recommendations for changes to the code descriptors for evaluation and management codes.   The plan revolves around developing clinical examples to help physicians implement the codes and reviewers examine them, AMA officials say.   Eleven different specialty societies have submitted 30 different examples each for E/M coding , the officials add. The 30 examples include a narrative description of the patient's condition, which the physician ought to be able to use to determine a level of E/M code.   Once these are on the Web, members of each...

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