Otolaryngology Coding Alert

Inpatient Coding:

Can You Answer These Inpatient E/M Coding FAQs?

Hint: Don’t forget modifier AI when necessary. Whether your ENT is seeing hospital patients following trauma, infections, balance issues, or following surgery, you absolutely must know how to report the inpatient evaluation and management (E/M) codes. But although the outpatient coding rules changed in 2021, you’ll still need to use the 1995 or 1997 guidelines for history, exam, and medical [...]
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