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Know Your E/M History, or You May Be Doomed to Repeat Filing

Published on Wed Aug 05, 2020

Question: If I have a chief complaint, an extended history of present illness (HPI), a problem-pertinent review of systems (ROS), and a complete past, family, and social history (PFSH); do I have enough for a comprehensive history? South Carolina Subscriber Answer: For a comprehensive history, you need to meet or exceed the following four elements: a chief complaint, an extended [...]
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