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Using Time to Choose E/M Level

Published on Mon Feb 22, 2016

Question: I have an encounter note in front of me that I cannot decipher. Notes indicate that the physician performed an E/M service for a 67-year-old patient who was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus with complications involving the endocrine system. The encounter notes only support a level-two E/M service. However, notes also indicate that the encounter lasted 30 minutes, [...]
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