Cut E/M Coding Confusion to Boost Office Visit Reimbursement

Your ability to accurately code and get paid for your E/M services is more difficult than ever.

Payer denials are on the rise for lack of compliance with the massive E/M coding modifications you were hit with last year. In addition to this, the 2022 CPT coding updates include more changes to how you code your office visit. Combined, this is a recipe for a revenue disaster.

If you code your E/M office visits too high, you’ll be targeted for an audit and can be required to pay massive violation penalties. If you code too low, you are under-charging for your services and not getting paid everything you deserve. Neither is acceptable, but there is another option available.

Expert coder and educator, Kim Huey, MJ, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, CPCO, is here to help. During her 90-minute online training session, Kim will explain in detail how to resolve the most common E/M coding errors, and how to quickly and easily incorporate the new 2022 CPT E/M coding changes that went into effect Jan. 1^st. You’ll learn how to wade through the unwieldy language of both the new and existing E/M coding rules and more quickly and easily choose the right level E/M code that gets you paid more of what you are due.

Here is just a few of the proven, step-by-step expert E/M coding advice that you’ll receive by attending this 90-minute online training:

• Master shared decision-making rules when a test is considered but not selected
• Clarify lingering questions from 2021 E/M updates, including billing for nurse visits
• Avoid over-counting data elements; know when tests may not be “unique”
• Distinguish between illness levels to get E/M coding right the first time
• Get credit for every test that qualifies as either “ANALYZED” or “INTERPRETED”
• Pin down communications that count as “discussions” between physicians and others
• Determine what counts as a major vs minor surgery (hint: global period is not always the answer)
• Use risk of complications/morbidity, treatment, and condition to get your risk level right every time
• Accurately report time as a key criterion for code level selection
• Reconcile MDM elements when your EHR is calculating them differently than you
• Identify when you can use code 99211, even though MDM elements are not in the AMA Table 2
• Get an insider look into additional upcoming E/M code and guideline changes
• And much more!

Who Should Attend? Regardless of your practice specialty or size, if you submit E/M claims, your coding accuracy and reimbursement will benefit from this upcoming training. The E/M services you offer are a staple of your practice. Accordingly, even slight improvements in the accuracy of these claims can have a significant improvement to the reimbursement you receive.

By attending this upcoming, online training, you’ll finally get your lingering E/M coding questions answered – in plain English. And you’ll learn how to more quickly and accurately incorporate the 2022 E/M coding changes that went into effect Jan. 1^st.

This training will help you identify and resolve common E/M coding red flags and walk you through how to resolve them before they become a problem. You’ll be able to choose your E/M levels more accurately and improve your overall reimbursement for these essential services. Register today.