tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 19

EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT: Separating ROS and HPI In The Chart May MakeCoding Easier

But it could also lower your E/M levels and reduce reimbursementShould a physician keep the History of Present Illness separate from the Review of Systems in the patient's chart? Some experts say yes, because it makes it easier to separate out those elements when documenting an evaluation and management claim. Others say no,  because it may make it harder to pick up elements from one and use them in the other. "It's unnecessary, but I recommend it," says David McKenzie, director of reimbursement with the American College of Emergency Physicians in Irving, TX. For the coder, it's...

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