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Coding Quiz:

Evaluate Your E/M Coding Skills With 3 Questions

Published on Tue Sep 25, 2012

Test your skills with these questions to see where you should focus your E/M education.Evaluation and management coding can be tricky for even seasoned coders. There are many pieces to the E/M coding puzzle, including the three key components of history, exam, and medical decision making. Test your E/M coding know-how with these three questions to determine where you should focus your continuing educationTry your hand at these three questions and then check your answers against the experts on page 78.Question 1: Your otolaryngologist documents "PMFSH: Same as documented in my note of January 7, 2011, except the patient no longer drinks alcohol." Can you count this documentation toward the current encounter's level of history?Question 2: Which set of examination guidelines is most advantageous for otolaryngology practices?Question 3: What should be the overarching factor you use to select the overall level of service for an E/M service?
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