Proper auditing and coding of E/M services is more vital than ever thanks to the introduction of Recovery Audit Contractors, increased scrutiny by the OIG and the Medicare replacement of consult codes by new and established E/M codes.

Updated for 2010, Advanced Coding Education Guide for Evaluation and Management Auditing will help you verify that your practice is coding and documenting E/M services correctly, as well as develop protocols to handle ambiguity in the guidelines that work in your internal compliance plan – before an external audit occurs.

In the 2010 edition of Advanced Coding Education Guide for Evaluation and Management Auditing you’ll be completely updated on code changes and revisions – including how your auditing practices need to change for new and established patient visits now that Medicare no longer accepts consultation codes – along with step-by-step guidance to handle tricky level 4 and 5 E/M medical necessity.

Get the guidance you need on E/M auditing including:

• A detailed E/M Chart Audit Tool created by a top E/M trainer, consultant and auditor to standardize your audit approach and ensure accurate, effective E/M services dissection. Bonus: This audit tool, developed and used by Barb Pierce, CCS-P, ACS-E, is detailed enough to use as a training tool when you walk physicians through your audit findings.
• Real-life E/M visit notes to improve your auditing skills that cover a range of specialties and E/M encounter types, including new patient, established patient, consultation, subsequent hospital visit and more. For every note, you’ll be able to check your audit findings against what the author finds to be the most appropriate E/M code using each section of the audit tool.
• Tips, hints, definitions and warnings highlighted throughout to allow you to easily find important E/M coding and coverage information used by auditors to spot red flags in a chart.
• A mock examination and answer key that allows you to test E/M coding guideline knowledge.
• Abbreviated words and phrases used in E/M definitions and the CMS/AMA Guidelines
• Complete 1995 and 1997 Medicare E/M coding, billing and documentation guidelines

The 2010 edition of Advanced Coding Education Guide for Evaluation and Management Auditing is endorsed by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding (BMSC) as a study guide for its Advanced Coding Specialists-EM certification.

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee: If you do not find that the 2010 edition of the Advanced Coding Education Guide for Evaluation and Management Auditing provides you with guidance you need to successfully audit E/M services, return it within 30 days from receipt for a full refund; no questions asked.