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E/M 2021:

Highlight Fundamental Differences Between 2 New Prolonged Services Codes

Published on Wed Feb 10, 2021

See why CMS chose to adopt a new code in lieu of the existing +99417. Over the course of 2020, you’ve witnessed the long, and sometimes strange, evolution of the code that you’ll report for prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services. Beginning with the mysterious placeholder code 99XXX, you were eventually introduced to +99417 Prolonged office [...]
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