Pediatric Coding Alert

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Leave the HPI Details to the Provider, But Leverage Nurse Help When You Can

Identify which portions of the record ancillary staff can capture. Your pediatrician’s time is valuable and, like most practices, you’re likely trying to find ways to have ancillary staff take on duties to free up the physician’s time for critical provider-only parts of patient care. But be careful: If you don’t follow the E/M guidelines about what portions of an [...]
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