Nov-Dec 2008
Features
Time Is on Your Side: Coding on the Basis of Time
Coding From the Bottom Up
Six Payment Opportunities You May Have Overlooked
CPT and ICD-9 Coding: The Right Tools for the Job
Departments
From the Editor
FPM Enters the Blogosphere
Robert L. Edsall
Opinion
Marcus Welby and the Medical Home
Jason Marker
Snapshot
FP Snapshot
Sarina B. Schrager
Coding & Documentation
Coding Blood-Pressure Checks Developmental Milestones Instructions on Use of Crutches Medicare and Lab Test Coverage Time Requirements Wound Care Office Visit or Emergency Service? 99058 for In-Office Emergency PQRI Reporting Mental Health Status Assessment
Practice Pearls
"Puzzle" Your Patients While They Wait Find ICD-9 Codes in a Snap Start Later, End Later Dictate Chart Notes With the Patient Present Display Art From Students Create a Protocol for Drug Substitutitons
Letters
The Last Word
Learning From Troubled Patients
Sweety Jain
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