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CPT® 2024:

New Code Book Updates Office/Outpatient E/M Descriptors

Published on Thu Oct 05, 2023

CPT® changed descriptors to mirror other E/M codes. The new CPT® code book will feature revisions to all of the office/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) codes. This means that all the codes in the 99202 (Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/ or examination and straightforward [...]
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