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tci E/M Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 8

Primary Care E/M: Tackle Camp, School, and Sports Physical Challenges with Preventive Medicine Codes -- Sometimes

Consider collecting from the patient when you can’t bill the payer. Summer and early fall are peak times for practices to receive calls from patients about getting physicals for camp, sports, or school, but if you don’t know how to code for these visits, you could cost your practice hundreds per encounter. Learn when you can — and can’t — report an E/M code for these types of physical encounters to ensure you aren’t leaving money on the table. Review the E/M Options First CPT® does not offer a specific code to report a sports...

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