
For many practices, E/M services are what you do the most. Knowing what type of service to bill, what level of service and the rules related to the visit will decrease denials and payment delays. You’ll find frequency data and E/M cheat sheets. And, the resources here will help you prepare for E/M changes coming in 2021
- Category of Code
- New versus established patient visits
- Determining new patient vs. established patient | CPT Rules
- Billing inpatient consultation for Medicare patients | Initial visit or subsequent
- Not billing consult codes? You are losing $$$$
- Emergency Department Visits
- Nursing Facility Visits
- Re-admission to nursing facility
- Newborn and Pediatrics Coding Guide
- Transferring a sick baby to another hospital
- Are subsequent hospital or office visits prior to surgery billable?
- Coding Hospitalist Services | Webinar
- Coding for Hospitalists | Video series
- Coding inpatient pediatric services | Webinar
Exam
Medical Decision Making
- Medical Decision Making | Documentation Guidelines for E/M Services
- Not all emergency surgery should be coded at the highest level | E/M Services and MDM
- Moderate or High MDM - General Surgery
- Scoring MDM in an E/M Note
- Meatloaf says, “2 out of 3 ain’t bad” | E/M Documentation Guidelines
- Prescription drug management and medical decision making (MDM)
- Let’s go to the source! Should this visit be downcoded?
- Medical necessity isn’t medical decision making
- Monthly Auditing Webinar
Time based E/M codes
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- Using Time to Select a Code
- Definitive Guide to Documenting Time
- Non Face-to-Face Prolonged Service | 99358
- Are start and stop times required for non face-to-face services?
- Code Prolonged Services with Confidence | Webinar
- Time based rules | Behavioral health services
- Your Patient Wants to Talk: How to Bill for Discussion Visits
- Can I code at a higher level if everyone in the exam room is crying?
- HCPCS add-on code G2211 for visit complexity: new in 2021
- Overview of advance care planning
- Advance Care Planning | 99497, 99498
- CPT code 99483: Cognitive assessment and care plan services
- Checklist for 99483 | cognitive assessment code for dementia
- Can I get paid to discuss end of life planning with a patient's child?