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Don't Allow These 4 New vs. Established E/M Myths to Falter Your Claims

Published on Mon Jul 25, 2016

Hint: Patient status determined by physician relationship, not by POS. Whenever a patient sees your FP for an E/M encounter in the office, a first step to determining the appropriate E/M code to report for the visit is knowing if the patient is “new” or “established.” Bust these 4 common myths that will help you overcome coding hurdles and help [...]
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