Blog post
Feb. 15, 2021 / By Barbara Aubry, RN
Hopefully, everyone is using the new E/M codes without issue. CMS added two HCPCS codes to represent “additional” time for E/M services. These are important qualifiers, as medical necessity audits […]
Blog post
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 […]
Blog post
Dec. 28, 2020
To say 2020 has been an “unprecedented” year is an understatement. We hope our COVID-19 resources and blogs have helped you navigate the pandemic. Take a look back at Inside […]
Blog post
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 […]
Blog post
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 […]
Blog post
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. […]
Blog post
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 […]
Blog post
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 […]
Blog post
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 […]
Blog post
Aug. 7, 2020 / By Rebecca Caux-Harry
At the time I’m writing this blog, 2020 is a little more than half over. It has been a tough year so far, for so many reasons. I won’t get […]
Blog post
Dec. 18, 2019
A big thank you to all Inside Angle readers! As we look ahead to 2020, we invite you to revisit some of our most popular blogs of 2019: “The Iron […]
Blog post
Aug. 16, 2019 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA
Can you feel change in the air? Not only is fall just around the corner, but so is the CMS change to E/M documentation and payment. By now, most of […]
