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Teaching Patients About Asthma Could Count as Prolonged Service

Published on Wed Jan 20, 2016

Here’s your guide to E/M documentation success. Wintertime can be difficult for patients with asthma, as the cold can exacerbate their symptoms. The next time your physician provides education for an asthma patient, double check how you calculate the elements of the visit, because you could garner extra payment for prolonged care. Start With Counting the Minutes Consider this scenario [...]
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