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Look Toward Office/Outpatient Time Changes in 2024

Also: review how to count total time. Next year’s office/outpatient E/M changes are minimal, but that doesn’t mean they are insignificant. CPT® has decided to remove the time ranges from both the new and established office/outpatient E/M code descriptors and replace them with a single time that “must be met or exceeded.” For example, 99202 (Office or other outpatient visit [...]
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