tci E/M Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q2

Specialty Spotlight: Did the 2021 E/M Guidelines Change Mod 25 Usage? Find Out

Check out these two instances when you can report an E/M code with a procedure. Figuring out whether you can code an office/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) service along with a minor procedure has always been tough — especially in urology coding. You may still have to append modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service) to an E/M visit that occurs in conjunction with a minor surgery when appropriate circumstances apply. Has anything really changed with modifier...

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