Preventive Care:
Follow These 5 Recommendations for Preventive Medicine Documentation Success
Published on Tue Jan 12, 2021
Go beyond 99381-99396 descriptors and CPT® guidelines, say experts. Preventive medicine evaluation and management (E/M) services such as 99381-99396 (Initial/periodic comprehensive preventive medicine evaluation and management of an individual including an age and gender appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory guidance/risk factor reduction interventions, and the ordering of laboratory/ diagnostic procedures …) are central to pediatric care. Yet, surprisingly, “there are no [...]