How Did the 2021 E&M Guidelines Impact your Coding?
Validating the shift to higher office visit levels and the impact of the 2021 E&M guidelines.
Between 2019 and the end of 2021, a lot changed. Not only did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the way in which physicians and hospitals saw patients, but the introduction of the new 2021 Evaluation and Management (E&M) guidelines was an additional disruption in the middle of the existing disruption.