Main description:

CPT (R) E/M (Evaluation and Management) codes are changing significantly for office visits for the 2021 code set year.

E/M Office Visit Compendium 2021 provides:

Curated content to help understand the changes
Practical tools to help adapt and prepare for 2021
Resources for coding based on time or medical decision-making, and insight as to which method is appropriate to which visit scenarios

The impact of making this change is expected to reduce physician documentation burden, but only can only be successful if coders, billers, physicians, and others are equipped to code and document correctly:

Impacts $25B in Medicare Part B Spend
Touches every specialty
First change to E/M coding in 26 years
Focuses office visit time on relevant medical topics

Proper documentation and coding are key to billing correctly in the new system and achieving burden reduction.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Top resources from authoritative AMA CPT (R) publications for a deep dive into the code changes, simplified logic for coding based on medical decision making or time, etc.

CPT (R) 2021 Professional Edition
CPT (R) Changes 2021: An Insider's View

Links to and highlights from digital resources

E/M Office Visit Change - An Overview Video clips from 2020 AMA CPT (R) Symposium
eLearning Modules on AMA Ed Hub

Expert commentary and insightful answers to industry questions from the following resources

CPT (R) Assistant
CPT (R) Knowledge Base
Use cases to apply the coding logic to real-world scenarios

Quick reference tools
New risk table for medical decision making
New listing of what activities count towards time
Infographics and other tables
Typical patient descriptions
Detailed explanations of revisions to the E/M Services Guidelines