AMA Releases 2023 E&M Updates

ICD10monitor July 11, 2022
Terry Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMSCS, CMCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMGC, QMCRC

Emphasis is on relieving the administrative burden placed on physicians.

In 2021, American Medical Association (AMA) CPT® Editorial Panel approved and published new documentation guidelines for Office and Other Outpatient Evaluation and Management (E&M) CPT® codes (99202-99215, deleting 99201) and their code descriptors and documentation standards that directly addressed the continuing problem of administrative burden for physicians in nearly every specialty, from across the country.

After these revisions were implemented, in 2021, the challenge facing physicians was the need for them to manage two sets of documentation rules; one for the office, and one for hospital E&M visits.

We have good news, on this front as the CPT® Editorial Panel has now approved, for 2023, additional revisions (PDF) to the...

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