Pediatric Evaluation and Management Coding Revisions: Facility and Office Services
Pediatric Evaluation and Management Coding Revisions: Facility and Office Services is filled with expert guidance to help prepare for the changes coming to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) facility-based evaluation and management coding in 2023. It also reviews the major updates that were made to office-based evaluation and management coding in 2021. Available for purchase at https://shop.aap.org/pediatric-evaluation-and-management-coding-revisions-facility-and-office-services-paperback/
1: Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines
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Published:January 2023
"Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines", Pediatric Evaluation and Management Coding Revisions: Facility and Office Services, American Academy of Pediatrics, Linda D. Parsi, MD, MBA, CPEDC, FAAP
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Chapter Highlights
Services to which general and specific evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines apply.
Concepts of new versus established patient and initial versus subsequent encounter.
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) terms and definitions used in determining a level of E/M service based on a physician’s or other qualified health care professional’s (QHP’s) total time on the date of an encounter (regardless of the percentage spent in counseling and/or coordination of care) or on medical decision-making (MDM).
Appropriate use of total time for reporting services provided as a teaching physician, when applicable.
