Source: King, Sharp, Lipsky, “Accuracy of CPT Evaluation and Management Coding by Family Physicians,” JABFP, May-June 2001, Vol. 14 No.3
Results: “Family physicians agreed with the experts’ CPT evaluation and management codes for 52% of established patient progress notes, the most common error being undercoding. In contrast, for new patient progress notes, family physicians agreed with the experts only 17% of the time, the predominant error
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