Evaluation and Management Services (E/M) Code Assignment and Validation
Baker Newman Noyes (BNN) offers a course on evaluation and management (E/M) code assignment and validation.
Program Goals
To provide you with an understanding of:
- Evaluation and management (E/M) code assignment
- Understand the elements of an E/M code
- Understand the rules of E/M services
- Principles of medical record documentation requirements
- Review documentation basics and formatting of chart notes
- Review documentation guidelines
- How to conduct a medical record chart review (audit)
- Understand details for the medical record review process
- Properly review the medical record using tools provided
- Analyze and report results for reporting and education
Program Overview
- Documentation principles/requirements
- Overview/introduction to 1995 vs. 1997 E/M Guidelines
- History, exam, medical decision making
- Determining type of patient/type of service
- Review of common modifiers
- Hands on coding validation exercise with presentations
- Review importance of an E/M validation process
- Overview/Introduction to
- Split/Shared E/M services
- Incident to services
- Teaching physician services
- Scribe services
- Etc.
Requirements:
- Basic knowledge of E/M principles
- Experience and knowledge of chart auditing or E/M coding recommended
- Coding certification NOT necessary
Contact our healthcare advisory team directly to schedule this on demand training for your team.
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