EM Coding Alert

2023 Updates:

Watch for Major Revisions in Hospital Coding

Say goodbye to per-day observation codes. 2023 is just around the corner, and so are updates to evaluation and management (E/M) codes. The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the coming changes, and there are some big revisions to consider! The skinny: As with office/outpatient E/M codes in 2021, the AMA is changing descriptors for (or outright deleting) several code [...]
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