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Code Level 4 E/M for Strep? Not so Fast

Consider CPT® definitions of systemic symptoms for precise coding. When the AMA revised the office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) CPT® codes back in 2021, there were few complaints from the coding community. The new codes, and the guidelines that accompanied them, are far easier to follow and implement than the 1995 and 1997 guidelines that preceded them. But [...]
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