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How to Choose the Right E/M Codes to Use in Urgent Care/Fast Track Centers

Published on Tue Jun 25, 2013

In the January issue of ED Coding Alert, we covered the issue of coding for E/M services delivered by ED physicians in a hospital-owned, off-site urgent care center. We received several comments from readers questioning use of the office/outpatient codes for a new patient (99201-99205) for E/M services delivered in that setting. “When centers are within the hospital, staffed with [...]
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