EM Coding Alert
Push Yourself to Answer 3 E/M Questions
Test and grade yourself to see if you need to take a refresher course.
Many topics fall under E/M coding and many are a challenge to even senior coders. Test your knowledge on these three topics and see where you may want to focus your training.
Question 1: What code should you use for a physician’s first consultation for a Medicare patient in the hospital?
Question 2: In order to reach a higher level of service, can you count three chronic conditions in HPI from the 1997 E/M guidelines and still use the 1995 examination guidelines.
Question 3: What E/M code should you use when your physician performs the initial hospital visit of a newborn with mild jaundice?
Read the answers below to see if your E/M know-how scores high.
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