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E/M 2021:

Pinpoint Key Differences Between 2 New Prolonged Services Codes

Published on Fri Feb 19, 2021

Understand reason for CMS’ adoption of new code in place of +99417. From the 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule to now, you’ve witnessed the long, and sometime strange, evolution of the evaluation and management (E/M) code you use to report prolonged office or other outpatient services. Beginning with the mysterious placeholder code 99XXX, you were [...]
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