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Use Up to Level-4 E/M for Less Than Complete ROS

Published on Fri Jun 26, 2009

These FAQs answer your top recording and amount dilemmas. Ever heard a chart doesnt have enough ROS to support a certain office visit level and wondered where the numbers come from? End the mystery with this element primer. What Is an ROS? A Review of Systems (ROS) is the subjective portion of a patients visit. The physician asks questions to help identify signs and/or symptoms that the patient may be experiencing or has experienced. The ROS is basically an inventory of the body systems so the physician knows where to direct the physical examination, says Susan Vogelberger, CPC, CPC-H, business office coordinator in Beeghly Medical Park in Ohio. Who Can Obtain the Responses? An ROS is obtained in several ways. The patient could complete a healthcare assessment form while waiting to be seen, says Suzan Hvizdash, CPC, CEMC, CEDC. The person that rooms the patient could ask a series of [...]
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