Jennifer17
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I am new to pain management, and my doctor sometimes sees a patient for an initial visit, and depending on their insurance may order a procedure to do at the next visit while we obtain the authorization- when the patient returns our physician wants to bill an E/M code along with the procedure- I always thought if was planned, can only code the procedure, he says he evaluates the patient again, exam etc , to determine if in fact he is going to do the same procedure and if he does he wants us to code an E/M- please advise..........