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Hospitalist E/M Coding Explained – Part 2

This webinar is AAPC-approved for 1.0 CEU. Can be used for Core A and all specialties except CIRCC and CASCC provided you score a 70% or higher on the post test. Test takers should read all test instructions, and complete the Required Information fields at the top of the test. This test consists of 10 questions. Please select one best answer for each test question by clicking on the square next to the answer you have selected. This test is not timed; however, the test must be taken in one sitting. When all 10 questions have been answered, please click on the Submit Test button. Your score, as well as logic-reach reasoning for answers to any test questions that you missed, will be displayed immediately following completion and successful transmission of this test.

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In Hospitalist practice, a Comprehensive History is required to bill Initial observation and inpatient codes. A Comprehensive History consists of:
In Hospitalist practice, a Comprehensive Exam is required to bill Initial observation and inpatient codes. A Comprehensive Exam consists of:
True or false: In Hospitalist practice, when coding subsequent visit codes, documentation of all 3 of the 3 key elements of Evaluation & Management Coding are required.
In Hospitalist practice, initial hospital visits require which of the following:
Documentation deficiencies in HPI regularly result in down-codes. Which of the following code sets always requires 4 elements of HPI?
True or false: Interval histories are acceptable for subsequent visits but only for HPI and PFSH. ROS needs to be re-documented.
E/M Code 99238 should be used to indicate discharge services totaling:
Fill in the blanks: A patient who qualifies for application of subsequent observation care code 99226 would generally be described as unstable or as having developed a significant complication or new problem. Proper use of this code requires documentation of a ______ history __  a _________ exam, and an MDM of _____ complexity.
Which of the following is NOT required to code observation care discharge code 99217, which is used to indicate that a patient was admitted for observation care and then discharged on a different calendar date:
In which of the following instances is documentation of time NOT important: