Covid-19 Update: 2022 ICD-10-CM In response to the ongoing national emergency concerning COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing 3 new diagnosis codes, Z28.310, Z28.311 and Z28.39, into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM),[...]
The New 2021 E/M Coding Guidelines The new 2021 E/M coding guidelines has been announced. You no longer must use patient history, examination, and medical decision making to choose the level of service, according to the new 2021 E/M coding guidelines. Instead, each code level simply requires “a[...]
The 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule unpublished version released Nov 4, 2019, confirms that the E/M code changes take effect in 2021. Changes to E/M services will be significant — although the changes won’t take effect until 2021: For new patients, there will be four levels[...]