“Patient care should be driven by the need to treat patients, not the need to satisfy a coding requirement,” Ms. Caswell said. Documenting the decision-making thought process remains a challenge.

Expert tackles examination component of evaluation and management coding Part 2 of this three-part series looks at comprehensive ophthalmic exams, required elements and documentation, and other ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, William R. Beach, MD, spoke about changes to evaluation and management coding and what qualifies for coding in 2023.“If you ...

Four changes to know: 1. The 2021 CPT edition has 206 new codes, 69 revised codes and 54 deleted codes. Most don’t affect anesthesia, but there are changes for office and outpatient evaluation and ...

Medical coders need auditing skills, especially when it comes to reviewing evaluation and management reporting. Medicare inappropriately paid $6.7 billion for claims for E/M services in 2010 that ...

In 2008 CPT codes 99444 and 98969 were created to describe online evaluation and management services performed by both a physician and non-physician qualified healthcare professional, respectively.