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Tag: E/M guidelines

Jean JonesJean Jones

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Examining the 2023 proposed rule changes for E/M visits

Oct. 24, 2022 / By Jean Jones, CPC, Cecilia Charles, RHIA

Evaluation and Management (E/M) services is our favorite topic to blog about. Our team submitted a blog prior to the new 2021 changes that was about the new guidelines at […]

Colleen Ejak (Deighan)Colleen Ejak (Deighan)

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2023 E/M revisions warrant study to prevent denials

Oct. 14, 2022 / By Colleen Ejak, RHIA

My goal each week over the next few months is to focus in on one evaluation and management (E/M) category, taking a deeper dive into the revisions and guideline changes. […]

Jean JonesJean Jones

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Patients Over Paperwork: Clinicians weigh in

Aug. 29, 2022 / By Jean Jones, CPC

At my yearly physical exam, my doctor and I talked about work, skiing next season and of course COVID-19. The chit chat always helps me get ready with my medical […]

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Focus on E/M coding: New Year, new resolutions, new outpatient office visit coding guidelines

Jan. 25, 2021 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA

New year, new month, new changes to documentation and coding for outpatient office visit codes 99202-99205 and 99211-99215. If it feels like you have been inundated with information and updates […]

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Focus on E/M services: Independent historian

Dec. 21, 2020 / By Colleen Ejak, RHIA

As we continue our Evaluation and Management (E/M) blog series on the revisions to E/M services for Office and Other Outpatient Services for New and Established patients, I want to […]

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Focus on E/M services: Time

Dec. 11, 2020 / By Allison Morgan, MS, CPC

In our ongoing Evaluation and Management Services blog series, we have delved into several sweeping changes coming to Office or Other Outpatient E/M Services in 2021. Let’s shift our attention […]

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Focus on E/M services: Medically appropriate history and exam

Dec. 4, 2020 / By Jean Jones, CPC

So far in our Evaluation and Management Services blog series, we have gone over changes related to medical decision making (MDM), specifically changes to the first, second, and third elements. […]

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Focus on E/M services: MDM third element

Nov. 18, 2020 / By Kelly Long, BS, CPC, CPCO, CAPM, Jean Jones, CPC, Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA

So far in our E/M blog series, we have covered the first and second element of medical decision making (MDM). Today we will cover changes to the third and final […]

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Focus on E/M services: MDM second element

Nov. 13, 2020 / By Colleen Ejak, RHIA

I have been anxiously waiting for my 2021 CPT book to arrive and it finally did last Friday!  Since attending the American Medical Association’s CPT Symposium last November and having […]

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Focus on E/M services: MDM first element

Nov. 6, 2020 / By Rebecca Caux-Harry

In this next blog post in our blog series focused on the new E/M guidelines, I’m going to focus on Medical Decision Making (MDM), which along with Time, is a […]

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Is your practice ready for 2021 E/M changes? Preparation tips

Oct. 26, 2020 / By Danielle Pavloski

We are only a few months away from the new Evaluation and Management (E/M) changes being implemented. The American Medical Association (AMA) officially released the new E/M guidelines and changes […]

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Focus on Evaluation and Management Services: New blog series

Oct. 16, 2020 / By Colleen Ejak, RHIA

For much of 2020, HIM and CDI professionals have been focused on COVID-19 and understanding how the temporary waivers for medical care delivery and payment impact documentation and coding. We […]