Reader question:
Don't Include Time as a Component in Your ED E/M Coding
Published on Wed May 21, 2014
Question: A patient with a chronic gastric ulcer reports to the ED complaining of nausea, vomiting, and headache. One of our nurse practitioners spends 34 minutes with the patient, and performs an expanded problem focused history, problem focused examination with moderate-complexity medical decision making during the encounter. During the history portion of the E/M, the patient reveals that she has [...]