E/M Services Crossword

Provides the means to report or indicate that a service or procedure that has been performed has been altered by some specific circumstance but not changed in its definition or
Most of the categories and many of the subcategories of service have special _________ or instructions unique to that category or
The descriptors for the levels of E/M services recognize seven ________, six of which are used in defining the levels of E/M
There are three to five ______ of E/M services available for reporting purposes. They are not interchangeable among the different categories or subcategories of service.
____ is not a descriptive component for the emergency department levels of E/M services.
History, examination, and medical decision making are considered the three ___ components in selecting the level of E/M services.
The four levels of history in E/M services are: Problem focused, Expanded problem focused, ________, and Comprehensive.
The four levels of the physical examination in E/M services are: Problem focused, Expanded problem focused, Detailed, and _____________.
Four types of medical ________ making are recognized: straightforward, low complexity, moderate complexity, and high complexity.
Intraservice times are defined as face-to-face time for office and other outpatient visits and as unit/floor time for hospital and other _________ visits.
To qualify for a given type of decision making, two of the _____ elements must be met or exceeded.
No distinction is made between ___ and established patients in the emergency department.
Services for a patient who is not critically ill but happens to be in a ________ care unit are reported using other appropriate E/M codes.
_________ service of less than 30 minutes total duration on a given date is not separately reported.
The team __________ starts at the beginning of the review of an individual patient and ends at the conclusion of the review.
The comprehensive nature of the history/exam in __________ medicine services is not synonymous with the comprehensive exam in E/M codes 99201-99350.
When counseling and/or ____________ of care dominates (more than 50%) the encounter with the patient and/or family, then time shall be considered the key or controlling factor to qualify for a particular level of E/M services.
__________ is a discussion with a patient and/or family concerning, not limited to the following areas: Prognosis, risks and benefits, instructions for management and follow up, compliance importance, risk factor reduction, patient and family education, diagnostic results, impressions, recommended diagnostic studies.