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    Wiki Continue medication - MDM level?

    Many times my providers list problems they addressed during an encounter, and simply write, "continue (specific medication)." I don't think this amounts to prescription management, but what do you think? And if it does not amount to "level 4" prescription management, is it simply a lower...
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    Wiki Comprehensive Eye Codes Question

    Hello all! If we bill 92004 or 92014, must we have prescription of medication? Also, does it have to be prescription medication or can we prescribe OTC meds and such and consider that as prescription of medication? For an intermediate (92002/92012), is any prescription of medication or treatment...
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    Wiki OTC Prescription Increasing Coding

    We are a Dermatology office using EMR software. Prescription and Prescription Management was programmed as "Moderate" risk. I am now finding my Providers using Prescription for OTC meds, whether insurance covers them or not. But by using this plan with a chronic condition, it pulls a level 4...
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    Wiki "prn" or "as needed" drugs in deciding level of risk

    While deciding level in risk in MDM, can we consider prescription drugs which are documented as "on prn basis" or "as needed" for moderate level of risk? Thank you in advance!
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    Wiki FQHC Dual encounters, what constitutes "significant additional work"

    When working pediatric notes, as an FQHC we are allowed to bill for a dual visit "whenever a problem or abnormality (i.e., exercise-induced asthma, migraine headaches, otitis media, prescription management) is addressed and requires significant additional work to perform the required key...
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