For more information, visit www.rheumatology.org/practice. For specific questions about your coding issues, contact Melesia Tillman at (404) 633-3777.
From the College | Issue: June 2010 |
For more information, visit www.rheumatology.org/practice. For specific questions about your coding issues, contact Melesia Tillman at (404) 633-3777.
What rheumatologists need to know about determining the level of medical decision making (MDM) for an office visit
The Medical Decision Making (MDM) of an evaluation and management (E/M) visit is one of the three components of determining the level of a patient’s visit. But the MDM can sometimes be the most difficult component, as this is where the provider’s thought process is quantified in deciding the correct level of E/M service. In the…
Coding for an office visit by a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis who is evaluated before starting a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor
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…