Nov-Dec 2008

Features

Time Is on Your Side: Coding on the Basis of Time

Emily Hill

Coding From the Bottom Up

Thomas J. Weida; David T. O'Gurek

Six Payment Opportunities You May Have Overlooked

Terry L. Mills

CPT and ICD-9 Coding: The Right Tools for the Job

Leigh Ann Backer

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

• Vaccination Management

• The Value in Not Being Busy

• Paper Is Here to Stay

The Last Word

Learning From Troubled Patients
Sweety Jain

About the CME Quiz

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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