You Be the Coder:
Take Time to Code This E/M Encounter by the Book
Published on Tue Dec 24, 2019
Question: One of our providers wants to report 99203, using time to meet the level requirements for the code. The documentation the provider used stated that “25 or more minutes were spent face-to-face with the patient, and much of the encounter was spent counseling the patient on their current condition.” Is this sufficient documentation for the 99203? Specifically, does the [...]