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(312) 464-5000 1 CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Copyright 2021 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office or Other Outpatient (99202-99215) and Prolonged Services (99354, 99355, 99356, 99417) code and Guideline Changes This document includes the following CPT E/M Changes , effective January 1, 2021: E/M Introductory guidelines related to Office or Other Outpatient Codes 99202-99215 Revised Office or Other Outpatient E/M codes 99202-99215 In addition, this document has been updated to reflect technical corrections to the E/M guidelines : were posted on March 9, 2021 and effective January 1, 2021: Medical decision making is revised in the following ways: o Clarifying when reporting a test that is considered, but not selected after shared decision making.

Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Guidelines Guidelines Common to All E/M Services Time The inclusion of time in the definitions of levels of E/M services has been implicit in prior editions of the CPT codebook. The inclusion of time as an explicit factor beginning in CPT 1992 was done to assist in

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