Coding & Documentation - Jul 2001 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2001 - ...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum The 2021 Office Visit Coding Changes: Putting the Pieces Together Combining a Wellness Visit With a Problem-Oriented Visit: a Coding Guide Editor's Collections Coding ICD-10 Coding Coding & Documentation...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/p16.html
Letters - Jun 2001 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2001 - ...with the level of office visit you provided from the time you actually spent in face-to-face contact with the patient. The CPT manual says a 99213 typically involves 15 minutes of face-to-face time. Subtracting 15 from 70 leaves 55 minutes. Prolonged services code 99354 accounts for...
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Letters - Jun 2001 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2001 - ...stay. I recommend using codes 99212-99215 instead. The reimbursement for 99212 would be roughly equal to that for 99499, but using codes 99213, 99214 or 99215 would generate higher reimbursement. A source at the Health Care Financing Administration’s (HCFA) regional office in Dallas...
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Letters - May 2001 -- FPM
May 1, 2001 - ...In Planning Group Visits for High-Risk Patients [June 2000, page 33], the authors suggest using 99213 and 99214 to code group visits. We believe the appropriate codes are those suggested by Kent J. Moore in Answers to Your Questions [March 2000, page 21]: 99411 or 99412 for...
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Coding & Documentation - Mar 2001 -- FPM
Mar 1, 2001 - ...with the level of office visit you provided from the time you actually spent in face-to-face contact with the patient. The CPT manual says a 99213 typically involves 15 minutes of face-to-face time. Subtracting 15 from 70 leaves 55 minutes. Prolonged services code 99354 accounts for...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0300/p23.html
How to Stop Hemorrhaging Red Ink -- FPM
Mar 1, 2001 - This article lists tips practices can use to prevent lost revenues.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0300/p16.html
Making Quality and Service Pay: Part 1, The Internal Environment -- FPM
Oct 1, 2000 - Insurers may not explicitly reward your practice for improved quality and service, but there is a way to make quality and service pay.
Family Practice Management : Articles
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House Calls: Taking the Practice to the Patient -- FPM
Jun 1, 2000 - Visiting patients where they live is not only good medicine and good marketing. It's also good for the soul.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0600/p49.html
Planning Group Visits for High-Risk Patients -- FPM
Jun 1, 2000 - You'll not only have more satisfied patients and better compliance, but you'll also be compensated for your services.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0600/p33.html
Coding & Documentation - May 2000 -- FPM
May 1, 2000 - ...CPT code is to code the five-digit version of the modifier in addition to the CPT code. For example, instead of coding 99213–25, you can code 99213 and 09925. The five-digit version of a CPT modifier is always 099XX, with XX being the two digits otherwise associated with the...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0500/p22.html
Using Peer Review for Self-Audits of Medical Record Documentation -- FPM
Apr 1, 2000 - You might be surprised at how much doctors can help one another improve in coding and documentation.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0400/p28.html
Ask FPM - Mar 2000 -- FPM
Mar 1, 2000 - ...by Medicare and many other third-party payers to determine physician reimbursement, a level-III established patient office visit (i.e., code 99213) has a total of 1.29 RVUs assigned to it. Under RBRVS, a code's total RVUs is the sum of three components: work RVUs, practice-expense...
Family Practice Management : Q&As
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0300/p60.html
A Quick-Reference Card for Identifying Level-4 Visits -- FPM
Aug 1, 1999 - The author's tool will help you keep in mind what qualifies a visit for a 99214 or a 99204.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0700/p32.html
Should You Modify Your Use of Modifiers? -- FPM
May 1, 1999 - This article explains how to use modifiers commonly attached to CPT codes for family physicians' services.
Family Practice Management : Q&As
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0500/p18.html
Coding & Documentation - Apr 1999 -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - ...Can I code 99455 for a work-related or medical disability evaluation as well as a regular office-visit code (such as 99213) for the same encounter, if it's appropriate? A Yes. Code 99455 is one of three used to report evaluations required for life or disability insurance...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p12.html
Monitor - Jul 1998 -- FPM
Aug 1, 1998 - ...As an example of the likely increases under the revised proposal, the practice-expense payments for 99213 visits would rise almost 23 percent less than they would have under last year's proposed system, Saul-Edwards says. The Academy is lobbying against the new RBPE proposal, which...
Family Practice Management : News Briefs
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The New AMA President Answers Your Questions -- FPM
Jun 1, 1998 - Doctors and patients must make hard choices or face the dark ages of medicine, warns family physician Nancy Dickey, MD.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0600/p25.html
Coding and Documentation Made Easier -- FPM
Apr 1, 1998 - The author's physician-friendly tool can help you to code more confidently.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0400/p19.html
99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum
...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum Here’s how to quickly identify whether you’re on the path to a 99214 versus a 99213. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richelle Marting is an attorney practicing with Forbes Law Group in Overland Park, Kan., where she focuses on...
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https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0700/fpm20180700p5.pdf
Coding "Routine" Office visits: 99213 or 99214? -- Family Practice Management
...d ata show that family physicians choose 99213 for about 61 percent of visits with established Medicare patients and choose 99214 only about 23 percent of the time for the same type of visit.1 So 99213 must be the correct code to use for a routine visit, right? Not necessarily. Many...
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...Coding "Routine" Office Visits: 99213 or 99214? [Feature] Before choosing 99213 for routine visits, consider whether your work qualifies for a 99214. Oct 2004 Issue Understanding When to Use Modifier -25 [Getting Paid] A coding expert explains how and why modifier -25...
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...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum [Feature] Here’s how to quickly identify whether you’re on the path to a 99214 versus a 99213. November/December 2014 Issue When Is It Right to Code 99215? [Feature] Knowing the rules will give you the...
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...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum [Feature] Here’s how to quickly identify whether you’re on the path to a 99214 versus a 99213. November/December 2014 Issue When Is It Right to Code 99215? [Feature] Knowing the rules will give you the...
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...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum [Feature] Here’s how to quickly identify whether you’re on the path to a 99214 versus a 99213. Nov-Dec 2008 Issue Time Is on Your Side: Coding on the Basis of Time [Feature] E/M coding can be so complex...
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...Coding "Routine" Office Visits: 99213 or 99214? [Feature] Before choosing 99213 for routine visits, consider whether your work qualifies for a 99214. Jun 2005 Issue Are You Prepared to Defend Your Coding? [Getting Paid] The authors offer readers an action plan to use...
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