THIS BOOK APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS THROUGH AAPC!
Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes have gone through extensive changes in the past few years.
This book begins with a detailed explanation of medical decision making and how to determine the level of MDM in a specific case.
It then describes guidelines for each code category: office and other outpatients; hospital/observation patients; consultations; emergency services; critical care services; intensive care services; nursing facilities; home/residential services; prolonged services; preventive services; interdisciplinary teams; care management; behavioral/mental health services; electronic, online and the new audio-video services; and remote physiological monitoring services.
The book takes the guidelines for each category and translates them into plain English and places then into tables and decision trees for easy comparison of related services.
The book also includes review questions after each chapter, a dictionary of terms, description of modifiers used with E/M codes, and a form that takes the reader step-by-step through the process of selecting a code.