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Emergency Department E/M:

Don't Let Lack of Official Guidelines Waylay Your Facility Coding Compliance

Published on Fri May 22, 2015

Keep medical necessity at the forefront of your facility’s guidelines. Because CMS continues to offer no official methodology for determining emergency department (ED) facility levels of service, your organization may be wondering how to determine the proper codes to report.  Good news: If you know where to look, there are some guidelines available for crafting your own. Read on to [...]
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