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E/M frequency data for surgical specialties

CMS releases E/M frequency data annually.  A physician self-elects their specialty designation when enrolling with Medicare. Unfortunately, there aren’t specialty designations for breast,  bariatrics, or trauma surgery, and those surgeons are usually enrolled using the category for general surgery. There are specialty designations for vascular surgery, plastic surgery, thoracic, and surgical oncology. This data predates code 99201 being deleted in CPT.

The data below is from 2020, released in late 2021.


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