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E/M Coding:

Remember Different Coding Rules for ED E/Ms

Published on Mon Jul 19, 2021

Those major 2021 updates don’t apply to 99281-99285. When your provider provides services in an emergency department (ED) setting, you’re going to have to remember the same rules you’ve always used for the services. Unfortunately, that also means forgetting some pretty recent rule changes for other types of evaluation and management (E/M) services. New office/outpatient rules: The descriptors, and rules, [...]
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