sankoe@keystoneruralhealth.com
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Patient is being seen for finger pain from shutting it in a door swollen can't bend it, ankle pain and knee pain from tripping on rug in living room and rhinitis, acute. Antibiotic prescribed. Ordered x-ray of hand and x-ray of the ankle and knee. I have moderate data and moderate risk which brings this to a 99214 the doctor is coding as a 99213 as he feels its low risk for morbidity and mortality even though the criteria for the new E/M brings the visit to a 99214. Since the criteria is meet regardless of the risk for morbidity and mortality per the doctors thoughts would you code this a 99213 or a 99214?