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Keep a calculator handy if your practice opts to report E/M office visits based on time next year. When a doctor and a non-physician practitioner such as a nurse practitioner (NP) share a visit you will count the time they spend separately and combine the time they spend together, noted Doris Branker, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC‐I, CANPC, CEMC, president of Sunrise, Fla.-based DB Healthcare Consulting.
Did you know: The CPT editorial panel issues corrections to the CPT coding manual and the CPT Changes manual throughout the year? The editorial panel has posted a total of 34 updates to the coding manual since it was released late last year.
Travel forward in time and use CMS' new medical decision making guidelines to code an office visit. Here's an example from our upcoming March 3 webinar on E/M for pain practices. How would you code this? 
 
With the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continuing to spread internationally, the coding world is catching up, little by little.
 
 
As public health agencies intensify their response to the coronavirus outbreak, you can prepare your clinic or lab for testing with a new HCPCS code that CMS developed specifically to report lab tests for the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
 

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