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Body System or Site? Be Sure You Clarify

Published on Thu Jan 31, 2013

Escape scrutiny — and ensure proper payment — with specific body part descriptions. If you want to avoid coming under the microscope during audits and OIG reviews, then you must clean up your doctor’s E/M documentation act. To get the credit for the exam the physician performed, it is vital that the E/M notes are clear cut and mention organ [...]
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