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2 Visits May Not Mean 2 E/M Codes

Published on Tue Jun 21, 2022

Question: One of our ophthalmologists saw a patient in the morning for a cataract evaluation. Then that afternoon the patient returned to see a different doctor, within a practice of several doctors, for retinal evaluation for diabetic eye disease that was not related to the first visit. Can we report both established patient visits? New Jersey Subscriber Answer: This is always a [...]
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