Primary Care Coding Alert

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Evaluate MDM to Determine E/M Revisit Decision

Question: Our provider saw a patient who was experiencing shoulder pain. The provider decided to treat the patient’s pain with medication but told the patient if the pain did not improve, the patient should come back for a joint injection. A month later, the patient called and said the pain was still occurring, so we scheduled the patient for the [...]
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