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Cast Your Net for These PMFSH Details or Lose More Than $70 Per Encounter

Published on Thu Jun 20, 2013

Hint: Don’t overlook including history captured in previous visits. If your gastroenterologist is not documenting all aspects of past medical, family and social history (PMFSH), you might be losing out on opportunities to report a higher level E/M – watch out for instances wherein your clinician might be missing out on required documentation especially when mentioning history previously captured. Determine [...]
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