Pediatric Coding Alert

E/M Coding:

No Patient in the Room? No Problem

You can still bill an E/M code based on time to most insurers. It happens in pediatric practices almost every day—parents make an appointment to speak with the physician about a child’s issues while the child is at school—then your practice is in a bind about how to report the visit. Since the patient (the child) wasn’t present, can you [...]
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