You Be the Coder:
Don’t Stop the Clock When the Patient Isn’t There
Published on Fri May 07, 2021
Question: The 2021 revisions to the office/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) codes no longer contain language stating that time spent counseling the patient and/or family can be counted toward total time when billing the encounter on time. Does this mean that a pediatrician can no longer meet with a parent alone, without the patient present, and continue to bill based [...]