ressing new inpatient E/M coding changes for 2024. The guide provides real-world clinical examples of how to select the most appropriate CPT codes for inpatient a. d outpatient visit …

The Levels of Medical Decision Making (MDM) table (Table 1) is a guide to assist in selecting the level of MDM for reporting an E/M services code.

Review of prior external note(s) from each unique source*; Italicized blue text are hospital medicine relevant risk examples developed by the Society of Hospital Medicine’s E/M …

Each unique test, order, or document contributes to a combination of 2 or of 3 in Category 1 below. For independent interpretation and discussion of management or test interpretation, …

CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part …

Tests that do not require separate interpretation (where they are results only) do not count toward independent interpretation, but can be counted as ordered / reviewed for selecting MDM level.

Stable, chronic illness y changes (eg, uncontrolled diabetes and controlled diabetes are a single chronic condition). "Stable" for the purp ses of categorizing MDM is defined by the specific …