lnbrock
New
With the 2021 E/M changes what level would you code this for a new patient:
Patient has had a change in bowel habits and has a family history of Colon Cancer in grandmother. Provider orders a Colonoscopy. My provider is coding this as a 99204 and even though he is not coding this based on time he spent maybe 3-5 minutes in the room with the patient. I am having a hard time taking history and exam out of the picture and just coding based on MDM when my providers are spending less time with the patients now than before the changes in 2021 but yet coding higher now than before the changes. I struggle to bill this as a 99204. Any thoughts or words of wisdom to put my mind at ease? Thank you in advance for your time.
Patient has had a change in bowel habits and has a family history of Colon Cancer in grandmother. Provider orders a Colonoscopy. My provider is coding this as a 99204 and even though he is not coding this based on time he spent maybe 3-5 minutes in the room with the patient. I am having a hard time taking history and exam out of the picture and just coding based on MDM when my providers are spending less time with the patients now than before the changes in 2021 but yet coding higher now than before the changes. I struggle to bill this as a 99204. Any thoughts or words of wisdom to put my mind at ease? Thank you in advance for your time.