🔍 Master: Evaluation and Management Guidelines 📋 | Medical Coding Essentials ✔️

🎧 In this episode of the AMCI Medical Coding Podcast, we're decoding Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding guidelines—with a spotlight on FTRs™ (Failed to Report). Whether you're preparing for the CPC, CCS, or CCS-P exam or coding in professional, facility, or audit settings, this session breaks down E/M leveling, 2021–2023 AMA updates, and compliance traps that coders miss.

🔍 Topics include:

Core differences between 1995, 1997, and 2021 E/M guidelines
Accurate selection of E/M levels based on MDM vs. time
Common FTR™ errors in E/M coding—and how to avoid them
Understanding Medical Decision Making (MDM): data, problems, and risk
Proper use of prolonged services codes and time-based coding
Office/Outpatient vs. Hospital E/M codes—how to report accurately
When and how to apply modifier 25 and modifier 24
Documentation must-haves for history, exam, and MDM
How to report split/shared visits, critical care, and telehealth
Real-world case studies using AMCI’s FTR™ (Follow The Rules) method
Navigating E/M coding for multiple providers or same-day services
💡 Use AMCI’s trusted FTR™ framework to master compliance, improve E/M coding accuracy, and elevate your exam readiness and job performance.

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