CPT® 2021: Expect 3-Prong Approach to E/M Down the Line
Summary details suggest more order to E/Ms in the future.
CPT® plans to split E/M services three ways in less than two years.
The lowdown: According to the 2019 CPT®Editorial Summary of Panel Action, the restructuring, set to take place on January 1, 2021, will feature a new breakdown of E/M sections — designed to make coding more concise and clearer.
Read on to check out the changes in detail, and to hear what our experts had to say about them.
CPT® Redesigns E/M Guidelines
The Summary proposes the 2021 CPT® manual will restructure these E/M guidelines:
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