tci E/M Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q3

Specialty Spotlight: Make a Pain-Free Transition to 2021 Time Guidelines

Here’s how things will change for pain management coders. The upcoming changes to the office and outpatient E/M codes are going to be challenge for all E/M coders when they take effect on Jan. 1, 2021. Not only will you have to deal with the de-emphasis of history and examination in determining E/M levels, but you will also have to deal with changed time parameters and different definitions of medical decision making (MDM) to make E/M level determinations. While these changes will affect all specialties that bill these codes, each specialty will encounter their own unique difficulties in...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci E/M Coding Alert.

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.