I am a newly certified coder and I have a question about E/M. I went on a job interview and while at the interview they gave me a couple of pages with different but real scenarios. Honestly I was stumped and cannot figure out how I passed the CPT class I was enrolled in or how I passed the national exam not knowing how to do E/M coding (specifically determining the level of E/M Service)very well.
In my class when we were given assignments or tests the determination of service levels were given ie: doctor did expanded problem focused exam, comprehensive history and the MDM of moderate complexity. When I went for this job interview there was nothing like that on the sheets I was to code from but I have NO idea how to figure this out and I worry that if I don't know how to do it I will never be successful as a coder.
I asked one of the staff at school about it and the only thing she told me was to get the study guide and read that. I don't have the extra cash to buy the study guide especially for one paragraph (that's what the staff member at my school said it consisted of) and I already passed the CPC exam. I don't know why it wasn't something that was taught considering it seems to be a huge part of coding. Can anyone tell me how to figure that out so I can find a decent job and not feel like a failure?
Thanks
In my class when we were given assignments or tests the determination of service levels were given ie: doctor did expanded problem focused exam, comprehensive history and the MDM of moderate complexity. When I went for this job interview there was nothing like that on the sheets I was to code from but I have NO idea how to figure this out and I worry that if I don't know how to do it I will never be successful as a coder.
I asked one of the staff at school about it and the only thing she told me was to get the study guide and read that. I don't have the extra cash to buy the study guide especially for one paragraph (that's what the staff member at my school said it consisted of) and I already passed the CPC exam. I don't know why it wasn't something that was taught considering it seems to be a huge part of coding. Can anyone tell me how to figure that out so I can find a decent job and not feel like a failure?
Thanks