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Add up HPI Elements Correctly for Accurate E/M Assessment

Published on Tue Sep 25, 2018

Know if you can rule duration in or out. If you’ve been an E/M coder for any length of time, you know all too well how important the history of present illness (HPI) is to determining the correct level for an office or outpatient E/M service. But keeping those elements straight, and knowing how many of them to count in [...]
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