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ED Coding: Add This Tetanus Shot Primer to Your Toolkit

Published on Thu Jan 05, 2023

Critical: Calculate how a tetanus shot factors into MDM risk. When coding an evaluation and management (E/M) service, coders must calculate the level of medical decision making (MDM) associated with the patient’s care. According to Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P, president of ERcoder, Inc., in Edmond, Oklahoma: “While we are currently in a transition period as ED coders are preparing for [...]
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