E/M Coding

[Lurts]

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Now that we’re about 6 months in, curious to hear if the 2021 coding updates have changed any of your billing practices; and if so, how? It seems exceedingly easy to justify a level 4 to me.

Take a clean 20 patients per day, how many 3s, 4s, and 5s are you typically billing? I’d probably say I’m about 2-3 level 3s, 15 level 4s, and 1-2 level 5s.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Now that we’re about 6 months in, curious to hear if the 2021 coding updates have changed any of your billing practices; and if so, how? It seems exceedingly easy to justify a level 4 to me.

Take a clean 20 patients per day, how many 3s, 4s, and 5s are you typically billing? I’d probably say I’m about 2-3 level 3s, 15 level 4s, and 1-2 level 5s.

I'm about 80% level 4, pretty rare 5, the rest 3.

 

[deleted87716]

Now that we’re about 6 months in, curious to hear if the 2021 coding updates have changed any of your billing practices; and if so, how? It seems exceedingly easy to justify a level 4 to me.

Take a clean 20 patients per day, how many 3s, 4s, and 5s are you typically billing? I’d probably say I’m about 2-3 level 3s, 15 level 4s, and 1-2 level 5s.

Definitely easier to bill a 99214, which is the majority of my visits, with a smattering of 99213 and 99215 thrown in.

 

[B1GM0N3Y86]

Mostly level 4s as previously. However with the ability to count time spent on a patient outside of the actual visit, it has enabled me to bill more 5s that previously I was too chicken doing.

 

[Ironheme]

Probably 70% 14's, 10% 13's, and 20% 15's. I'm on the above average end of FM billers...at least that's what BlueCross tells me....

I spend a lot of time updating patient's chart, cleaning up their problem list, med list, and checking if they're due for any preventative things.