Instructions:

On a daily basis, you must demonstrate that you can both document and evaluate for coding the exam portion of an office visit.   This Competency Assessment will give you an opportunity to work with a HPI.

Review this E & M Coding Tool (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.).  Note the green parts of the tool that specifically deal with the Physical Exam portion of E & M Coding.  This tool may be helpful in determining from the medical documentation which level of coding should be used for this portion of the E & M Coding.  If you have questions, this is a good time to talk to your Content Expert about how to use this tool.

Assessment:

Open and then submit this document: E & M - Exam (Google Doc)