>>>Obviously you would know better than me but I am surprised the doc has to do so much admin. Why can't nurses and (ahem) admins do most of it?
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>One example is that the rules for E/M (evaluation and management) payment codes require direct physician involvement and documentation if they want to be paid. Registering a code unsupported by explicit physician documentation risks a serious fine.
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>Sorry not to have met you this week.

Coding, what do you know about that? ;-) More seriously, thank you for the explanation.

You've already met me once. Wasn't that enough?