Objectives:

• Identify and accurately apply E/M coding — Select the correct hospital care code level based on medical decision making or time, using proper documentation.
• Recognize when to use specialty billing codes — Identify criteria for critical care time, prolonged services, and advance care planning, and distinguish them from standard E/M codes.
• Avoid common compliance pitfalls — Spot documentation gaps and upcoding/undercoding risks  

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