tci E/M Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q4

Coding Update: Understand These Long-Term Drug Therapy Code Adjustments

Hint: Side effects may affect MDM leveling. With medical records constantly on the move between offices as patients require different specialists, it’s imperative that each physician have all the information possible to safely and effectively treat a patient. This includes knowledge of long-term drug therapies. Starting Oct. 1, 2022, with the implementation of ICD-10 2023, primary care coders have a handful of new Z79.- (Long term (current) drug therapy) codes to report to help round out patient records. Here are all the new codes you might need, along with examples of how they can affect evaluation and...

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