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Orthopedic Coding Alert

E/M Coding:

Use Care When Employing 'Counseling Exception'

Published on Tue May 07, 2019

You might be able to code E/M based on time … in certain situations. Patients that report to the orthopedist for an evaluation and management (E/M) service can, from time to time, require more counseling or care coordination than is typically required for the E/M code that you are considering. When this occurs, you might be able to choose an [...]
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