dgrauman,
While you're at it, you might check out Dr. Peter Jensen's webside
www.emuniversity.com for some insight on efficiently documenting your visit and getting paid appropriately for it. I have no association with the website, but am a frequent flyer there. The concept that after XX years of practice you KNOW what level of complexity the visit is, then working backwards to make sure you document the elements of the history and physical to support that level was an epiphany for me. Also, I've learned the documentation does NOT have to be verbose. Look at his examples of 99214 and 99215 cases and you'll be shocked at how little verbage can be used and still fully qualify as appropriate documentation. You can purchase his tutorials, but frankly, I've always found the free stuff to be sufficient. Dr. Jensen is a nephrologist and certified professional coder. Again, I'm just a fan and am passing along a tip that I use in my practioe daily. If you are going to be making new templates, EMUniversity is a great place to start.
Dave
