General Surgery Coding Alert

Evaluation and Management:

Turn to Virtual Check-In for Telephone-Only E/M

Distinguish G-codes from 99441-99443. While you may have focused on telehealth services during the pandemic, virtual check-ins have gotten less attention but remain a constant and integral part of general surgery practice E/M services as the Public Health Emergency (PHE) has extended into 2021. Let our experts untangle the 2021 and older CPT® and HCPCS Level II codes that you [...]
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