CPT® Coding:
Learn HPI Levels with This 'Elemental' Knowledge
Published on Tue Mar 08, 2016
Make sure payer recognizes duration before counting it on HPI. Anyone who has to file a code for an office evaluation and management (E/M) service needs to know about history of present illness (HPI). Why? You can’t choose the correct E/M level for an encounter without knowing the HPI level. If you deem the HPI too high, you’ll be overcoding [...]