Healthcare organizations committed to optimizing reimbursement through efficient, compliant coding and documentation practices must start preparing now for a substantial overhaul of CPT® code descriptors and guidelines for office and other outpatient E/M services. The American Medical Association (AMA), which holds copyright in CPT®, and CMS intend for the upcoming changes to better align E/M documentation and coding with how medicine is practiced today, but implementation will still bring challenges. Provider groups, health systems, hospitals, and others in the healthcare industry can streamline the transition through careful analysis of their current resources and documentation practices, and through focused training for their providers and coders.

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