Evaluation and Management:
Look Beyond the Encounter Documentation to Determine New vs. Established
Published on Fri Dec 13, 2013
Tip: Start with the three-year rule. When your urologist sees a patient in the office, the first question you need to ask yourself before choosing a code to report is whether you should be billing a new or established patient code. If you follow the three-year rule, the task seems easy — but when you factor in multiple locations, physicians [...]
