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Coding E/Ms That End in Nursing Care
Published on Tue Nov 22, 2016
Question: An 86-year-old established patient with worsening dementia due to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease reported tothe physician for a medication checkup. During the office visit, the physician decided that the patient needed immediate nursing facility care to deal with his dementia, which was marked with several behavioral disturbances. Notes indicate that the physician performed an office E/M service before admitting the patient [...]