ivygirl18@hotmail.com
Networker
Hello everyone,
Would anyone be able to give me clarification on some areas of the 2021 E/M Guideline changes?
Would anyone be able to give me clarification on some areas of the 2021 E/M Guideline changes?
- For the amount and/or complexity of data to be reviewed and analyzed area, can the provider get credit for ordering lab tests if the lab goes to our in-house lab and we get reimbursed for the lab test? Is this the case for any type of x-ray, EKG, etc we bill for?
- If a provider orders a lab then sees the patient a few weeks later to review the lab does the provider get credit for it at the subsequent encounter for reviewing? If a provider orders labs to be done in 6 months at a visit, do they get credit for ordering that day and then interpretation/reviewing the labs at 6 month appointment? (I know this would be difficult to track)
- External provider: If providers in the same group are both family medicine, but one provider has a sub-specialty of sleep medicine. A patient is sent to the sleep medicine provider by the other provider. If the other provider discusses with the sleep medicine provider regarding the sleep medicine services they had done on the patient, would the sleep medicine provider be considered an external provider?