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Stop Forfeiting Level Four and Five E/Ms With 3 PMFSH Tips

Published on Wed Jun 01, 2011

Make the pediatrician's job easier by letting the patient or nurse document the past, family, social history and review of systems.If you gloss over a patient's past medical, family, and social history (PMFSH), you may be missing out on up to $69 per E/M. In this issue and future issues of Pediatric Coding Alert, we'll be showing you the basics of coding office visits using the key components of history, physical, and medical decision-making, starting with PMFSH today.Accurately counting the number of PMFSH items could result in more money for an encounter, because the top-level E/M codes require PMFSH elements. Learn these three quick tips to ensure you are capturing, and you're recognizing, every history component the patient mentions.Determine the Level of PMFSHFor coding purposes, the history portion of an E/M service requires all three elements -- history of present illness (HPI), review of systems (ROS), and past medical, family and [...]
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