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Time-Based Coding:

Check Out These Counseling Exception Scenarios

Published on Thu Aug 04, 2016

Discussing test results, diagnoses often result in time-heavy E/Ms. While there are no exact scenarios that will automatically trigger a chance at using the counseling exception for your evaluation and management (E/M) coding, there are some situations that are more likely than others in which coding with the counseling exception is possible. According to Melanie Witt, RN, CPC, MA, an independent [...]
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