• 1 Key Elements: Choose the Right Physical Exam Guidelines Every Time to Ensure Top Payment + Compliance

• 2 Modifiers: Follow 3 Steps to Solidify Your Modifier 25 Use, Before Your Payers Come Knocking

• 3 Modifier 25 vs. Modifier 57

• 4 Clip and Save: Keep This Chart Handy to Help Quickly Calculate Exam Levels

• 5 Reader Question: Stress Time Documentation Requirement for Discharge Coding

• 6 Reader Question: Include Phone Work in Next E/M Code

• 7 Reader Question: Check for Bundling Before Attaching Modifier

• 8 Reader Question: ICU Does Not Automatically Support 99291-99292

• 9 Reader Question: Identify 3 'Vitals' Before Adding to Exam

• 10 Reader Question: Assign a Physician, Not PA, for Initial NF Visits

• 11 You Be the Coder: Don't Automatically Combine ER and Office Visits