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Benefit from These 4 Handy E/M Coding Tips or Lose Precious Dollars

Published on Mon Dec 19, 2016

Watch for chances to upcode the encounter. When reporting E/M encounters, you might end up raising red flags if you are always reporting the same E/M code for every patient. You could also get audited if you are reporting a higher level code when your documentation does not support it. On the other hand, your practice’s profits might suffer if [...]
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