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E/M Coding:

Get to Know PFSH to Beef Up Your History Coding Smarts

Published on Mon Mar 20, 2017

You’ll choose between two kinds of PFSH for each E/M. Coders that find a challenge in calculating the correct level for evaluation and management (E/M) services are not alone. Needed info: Medicare’s 1995 and 1997 E/M Documentation Guidelines recognize seven components to defining E/M levels, with the first three — history, examination, and medical decision making (HEM) — as the [...]
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