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CMS vs CPT®:

Confront Agency Differences for Reporting Prolonged Services

Published on Fri Nov 18, 2022

Master 3 new HCPCS Level II codes. CPT® 2023 changes how you should code prolonged services with several code deletions, revisions, and additions. Reflecting the larger changes to evaluation and management (E/M) coding (see “Embrace E/M Shift to Time or MDM” in this issue), the prolonged services update allows you to seamlessly report lengthy visits with your general surgeons. Caveat: [...]
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