tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 2
You Be the Expert: TP Rules:Not for Medical Students
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: I've heard about the new teaching physician guidelines and was wondering to whom they apply. Do the less stringent documentation rules cover medical students? New York Subscriber Answer: The simple answer to your question is "no." Many people have confused the applicability of the most substantive part of the new teaching physician guidelines that the teaching physician need only state what used to be documented: that he or she evaluated the patient and agrees or disagrees with...
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