E/M Coding:
Proceed With Caution When Considering 'Counseling Exception'
Published on Thu May 23, 2019
It’s tricky to code based on time. Have you ever chosen an evaluation and management (E/M) service based on counseling and/or care coordination time, completely eschewing the normal components of an E/M service? If you answered yes, then you have used the so-called “counseling exception,” which sometimes allows you to choose an E/M code based strictly on the amount of [...]