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E/M Coding:

Keep Payers' HPI Elements Straight for Accurate Coding

Published on Mon Sep 03, 2018

Duration is an HPI element … except when it isn’t. Anyone who has to file a code for an office evaluation and management (E/M) service needs to know about history of present illness (HPI). Why? You can’t choose the correct E/M level for an encounter without knowing the HPI level. If you deem the HPI too high, you’ll be overcoding [...]
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