Lean on the ACR
ACR practice management staff are here to help you. For more information or if you have coding questions, contact Ms. Chung or Ms. Tillman at [email protected].
Vanessa Caceres is a medical writer in Bradenton, Fla.
Vanessa Caceres | Issue: June 2021 |
Lean on the ACR
ACR practice management staff are here to help you. For more information or if you have coding questions, contact Ms. Chung or Ms. Tillman at [email protected].
Vanessa Caceres is a medical writer in Bradenton, Fla.
After 25 years, the American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) codes received a major overhaul. These changes, which went into effect Jan. 1, will help reduce administrative burden on providers and roll back some of the rigid requirements for E/M coding by simplifying the code selection…
The ICD-10 page on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website features a countdown clock that shows the time left until Oct. 1, 2015, the date on which compliance with the new code set becomes mandatory. By the time this issue goes to press, the clock will read 90 or fewer days. Time…
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