Article Overview

This article discusses the 2021 CPT evaluation and management update focused on office or other outpatient services and the related documentation and descriptor changes. It is written for coding professionals, physicians, and other healthcare staff who want to understand the scope of the revision, why it was made, and whether other E/M service categories are affected. The article also places the update in the context of CMS administrative simplification efforts and notes that additional E/M revisions may still be under review.