Understanding How Time and MDM Drive the New Inpatient Coding Rules
Understanding How Time and MDM Drive the New Inpatient Coding Rules
Total Runtime: 56 minutes
The revised E/M guidelines are extended to hospital inpatient, observation, and emergency department visits in 2023. Inpatient and observation services are collapsed into two categories. Surgeons will need to select the right type of code and the right level of code for services performed in the hospital. This webinar will show how to apply new concepts in the guidelines including escalation of care in the hospital. It will describe the CPT definitions for major and minor surgery and for elective and emergent surgery, as they relate to selecting the correct level of service. Because of these changes, surgical practices can update the templates for hospital services in ways that will save surgeon’s time.
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify the codes used for inpatient and observation services
- Apply the CPT definitions of major/minor risk and elective/emergent procedures to coding
- Update their hospital templates
Reminder: You have 30 days to complete the course from the day you open and access the course.
Betsy Nicoletti, MS, CPC
Consultant and Speaker
Betsy Nicoletti simplifies complex coding for physicians and their staff, allowing medical practices to get paid for the services performed.
Betsy is the founder of CodingIntel.com, a community web site devoted to physician reimbursement. She is also the author of The Field Guide to Physician Coding 3rd Edition and Auditing Physician Services 2nd Edition. She developed The Accurate Coding System™ to help doctors get paid for the work they do. As a certified professional coder, Betsy simplifies complex coding rules for practitioners and engages physicians and coders. She audits records for compliance and to identify lost revenue due to coding.
Find out more about Betsy Nicoletti, MS, CPC.
Course Access and Expiration
You have 30 days to complete a course from the day you first access the content. After 30 days your access will expire.
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