November/December 2014

Features

How to Monitor Opioid Use for Your Patients With Chronic Pain

Stefani Hudson; Leslie A. Wimsatt

When Is It Right to Code 99215?

Christian L. Hermansen; Joan Jackson

Coding Common Respiratory Problems in ICD-10

Kenneth D. Beckman

Team-Based Care: Saving Time and Improving Efficiency

Kevin Hopkins; Christine A. Sinsky

Departments

From the Editor

Teamwork: Is It Always More Efficient?
Kenneth G. Adler

SPPACES: App Reviews

SHOTS 2014
David Rebedew

Practice Pearls

• Help patients avoid a fungal outbreak • Reduce scar tissue from a skin biopsy • Remind patients to control their salt intake • Have patients visualize the source of their stress • Incorporating part-time physicians into panels

Coding & Documentation

• Getting paid for consultation codes • Obesity counseling as an incident-to service • Foreign body removal from eye

The Last Word

Three Questions to Guide Any Change Effort
David A. Lynch

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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