Coding office visit codes 99202-99215 in 2021Recorded June 12th, 2021 It's here, the first major changes for selecting an E/M service since 1997. … [Read more...]
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E/M Auditing Webinar: Using the Updated AMA Guidelines
Return of the E/M Auditing Webinar Recorded June 16th, 2021 The AMA issued technical corrections related to the 2021 E/M guidelines for new and … [Read more...]
Office Visit Code Selection for Medication Management
At some visits, psychiatrists and psychiatric NPs and PAs provide only medication management, and at some visits, they manage prescriptions and … [Read more...]
Defining Problems Using the E/M Guidelines
The first element of MDM is the number and complexity of problems addressed CodingIntel’s members-only webinars on auditing E/M services include … [Read more...]
Essential Documentation for Medication Management and Psychotherapy
When providing both medication management and psychotherapy, practitioners need to document the time spent in psychotherapy and describe the therapy. … [Read more...]
FAQ: Scoring Elements in the E/M Guidelines
Scoring MDM elements can be challenging for E/M services This post includes questions related to: Major/Minor procedure Data Elements (with … [Read more...]
Documenting and Coding Observation Services in 2021
For Medicare patients in observation, the consulting physician uses new and established patient visit codes. Only the admitting physician can use … [Read more...]
New and Newsworthy
Change is constant and expected in coding and reimbursement policies and knowing about these is required for accurate and timely payment. CodingIntel … [Read more...]
E/M Services
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 … [Read more...]
Care Management and Remote Monitoring
Technology advances and policy changes mean medical practices can now get paid for certain non-face-to-face services. But, you need to know how to … [Read more...]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents E/M services Articles in this section are up-to-date with CPT rules for 2023, including category of code and … [Read more...]
Medicare “Audio-Only” Telehealth Services
CMS issued multiple waivers and two interim final rules to support health care organizations and patients during the public health emergency in spring … [Read more...]
Coding Telehealth Visits: Place of Service
Information in this article was updated July 2023, based on the 2024 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule. Coding telehealth visits changes faster … [Read more...]
Behavioral Health and Telemedicine During the PHE
In this post Overview of behavioral health services via telemedicine during the PHE Overview of behavioral health services after the PHE … [Read more...]
Is it or isn’t it a Telehealth Service?
Many payers and practices use the broad term telehealth to describe services that are not done face-to-face with a patient CMs describes telehealth … [Read more...]
Medical Record Documentation | Webinar
Medical Record Documentation: CMS reducing the burden Recorded April 23, 2020 CMS wants to ease the burden of physician documentation of E/M … [Read more...]
CMS Update on Medical Record Documentation for E/M Services
The world as we knew it Both the 1995 and 1997 evaluation and management (E/M) documentation guidelines stated that ancillary staff could record a … [Read more...]
Scoring Medical Decision Making for Office Visits in 2021
Recorded October 31, 2019 This content is no longer current Let’s compare the current medical decision-making rules with the CPT changed rules … [Read more...]
An Overview of the Revised MDM
Medical Decision Making: selecting the correct level of service for codes 99202—99215:  E/M codes 99202—99215 have a changed definition of MDM … [Read more...]
Time: Using Time for Office Visits
Using time to select a level of service for office visit codes 99202—99215 Total practitioner time on the date of service can be used to select … [Read more...]
New E/M Rules Effective Date and Payer Policies
Question: When can we start using the new E/M rules for new and established patient visits? And, are all payers going to follow … [Read more...]