This week's question is answered by Regan Bode, CPC, senior consultant for DecisionHealth Professional Services.
Q. Help us settle this dispute. A colleague insists it could be fraud if we don't take and note the patient's vitals at every office visit. I can't find anything in the 1995 E/M guidelines that indicates we must get the patient's vitals for every visit and I can't find anything on the Medicare website. Could you direct us to some guidance?
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