Sicker Patients or Better Charting? One suggested but unproven explanation for higher E/M coding says that Medicare patients are sicker than they were in 2001, forcing physicians to work harder at ...
Since the E/M code is best determined by the medical decision making, essentially this means that you must document 1) a moderate level of medical decision making, and 2) either a detailed history OR ...
Introduction Sicker Patients or Better Charting? EHRs Put E/M Coding on Steroids Gaming the System or Just Following the System? Warning Shots and Network Deselection July 20, 2012 — When the ...