You Be the Coder:
Count on New Prescription to Code This Encounter
Published on Mon Aug 23, 2021
Question: An established patient comes in for a routine evaluation and management (E/M) visit, where they discussed their concerns about the efficacy of their current asthma prescription with the pulmonologist. The doctor prescribed a new prescription with a Diskus inhaler. The pulmonologist also instructed the patient on how to use the new inhaler. What are the correct codes to use [...]