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Look to Peer Audits to Improve E/M Documentation

One simple idea can produce big payoffs. The office/outpatient E/M codes may be changing in 2021, but one thing should always remain the same: the quality of your documentation. One way you can keep it at the highest level possible is to engage in the process of peer audit. But what are peer audits? And what are the best ways [...]
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