To Code an Evaluation and Management (E/M) Service Properly for a New

question 25

Multiple Choice

To code an evaluation and management (E/M) service properly for a new patient, which of the following elements must be documented?

• A) history and examination
• B) history and medical decision making
• C) examination only
• D) history, examination, and medical decision making

Identify and avoid ethnically and racially biased language.

Apply strategies to maintain and protect goodwill in communication.

Recognize and correct organizational errors in documents.

Choose language and tone to favorably influence the reader's response.

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Definitions:

Indicator Variable

A variable, usually binary, used to represent the presence or absence of a categorical effect in regression models.

Groceries

Consumer goods, especially food and household items, sold by a grocer.

Log Odds

The logarithm of the odds ratio, used in logistic regression to describe the relationship between a binary dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Mammogram

A radiographic examination of the breasts to screen for and diagnose breast cancer.