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General Surgery Coding Alert

E/M Briefing:

Tighten Encounter Documentation to Ethically Maximize Pay

Published on Thu Nov 17, 2016

Audit-protect your claims. If you or your surgeons get lazy and always report the same E/M code for every patient, you might be raising a big red flag that says “audit me.” Plus, you might be sacrificing legitimate pay for your practice. Do this: Follow our experts’ guidelines to brush up on your E/M coding skills and make the most [...]
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