Wiki Comprehensive Exam - Question

[mray85]

The 2014 CPT Book contains verbage that is misleading to me regarding the Comprehensive Exam.
CPT 2014 states "Comprehensive: A general multisystem examination OR complete examination of a signle organ system"

Does this mean that if the physician performs a complete and thorough examination of a single organ system then we can mark the exam part as comprehensive?

Thanks!

 

[krotroff]

A complete multi system exam would be 8 systems according to the 1995 documentation guidelines. For a complete single system exam you need to look at the 1997 documentation guidelines.

 

[mray85]

Thank you for clearing that up. I am clearly not a fan of E/M.