General Surgery Coding Alert

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Follow This Expert Advice for Inpatient/Observation Codes

See when office care leads to ‘subsequent’ hospital care. With the overhaul of hospital inpatient/observation evaluation and management (E/M) codes ranging from 99221 to 99239 in CPT® 2023, you’ve already lived through a few months’ adjustment for coders and payers using the new codes. If the experience has left you with some questions, we have some answers. Help is here: We asked [...]
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