E/M Office Visit Reference Guide, Third Edition
The E/M Office Visit Reference Guide, Third Edition delivers a comprehensive overview of the E/M documentation guidelines and a clear, in-depth analysis of all updates and changes, including guidance on the medical decision-making (MDM) guidelines so that you can ensure accurate coding and billing.
Use the E/M Office Visit Reference Guide, Third Edition to train staff, reduce the risk of miscoding and the denials and audits that may result, and lessen the disruption to a key revenue stream. Given the amount of reimbursement dollars tied to the E/M codes, a lack of readiness could spell financial disaster. E/M office visits account for 20% of total physician fee schedule charges. In 2018, practices gained $15.6 billion in payments from Medicare for the suite of E/M office visit codes 99201-99215.
With the E/M Office Visit Reference Guide, Third Edition you can:
- Get a first look at the 2024 E/M fees.
- Take a deep dive into recent changes for facility-based coding.
- Ensure your coders are accurately selecting the correct level of service for E/M office visits with office and staff training tips, including separate breakout sections for coders and clinicians; audit safeguards; and more.
- Understand the level of medical decision-making or time for code selection with comprehensive coverage of MDM and time elements.
- Receive guidance from the AMA that you won’t find in your CPT Manual.
- Get official CMS guidance on the E/M office visit documentation guidelines and detail the differences among regional Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) guidance.
- Take a look at how private payers are setting rules and releasing guidance.
- Review the "pain points" that are impacting practices and get solutions.
- Understand the differences between CPT and HCPCS prolonged services coding.
- Train clinicians with several dozen documentation scenarios that clearly illustrate how a coder/clinician should accurately select a Level 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 E/M code. The book will present scenarios tailored to specific specialties.
- Get vital FAQs based on upcoming updates and changes. The book's expanded FAQ section will answer confusing, hot-button items, such as the "data review" column of the MDM table.
