Are you aware of changes made to the evaluation and management (E&M) codes?
2021 has seen an update to the E&M codes including…
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Are you aware of changes made to the evaluation and management (E&M) codes?
2021 has seen an update to the E&M codes including the elimination of code 99201.
E&M codes were revised in ways that will be helpful to acupuncture providers.
The codes now for E&M codes range from 99202 through 99205 for a new patient and 99211 through 99215 for an established patient.
Under the new definitions of E&M codes, you may still use medical decision-making or severity as a factor when choosing the code; but now you can also use time as a deciding factor.
What is now considered part of the E&M is not just time face-to-face or medical decision making, but also time for the evaluation that includes the time before, during and after the face-to-face time that is part of the evaluation.
The protocols for choosing the proper E&M service will maintain medical decision-making as a method to choose the code.
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