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Refer This Handy Chart to Select Exam Levels With Precision

Select the guidelines that will carry the best advantage to your coding. With two sets of guidelines — 1995 and 1997 — for assigning a physical examination level, you may have a hard time keeping the requirements for each level straight. Clip this chart from Suzan Berman, MPM, CPC, CEMC, CEDC, manager of physician compliance auditing for West Penn Allegheny Health Systems, Pittsburgh, [...]
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