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Classify Whether This Patient Is New or Established

Published on Fri Dec 16, 2022

Question: A podiatrist in our practice read a computed tomography (CT) scan for a patient in the emergency department (ED) but did not see the patient directly during their hospital stay. No one else in our practice was involved in this hospital admission. Now the patient is coming to our office nine months later. For purposes of evaluation and management (E/M) [...]
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