I look at it more like this. First, it is interesting, because our emergency department about a year ago started putting down CPT codes and level of complexities in their notes. Not sure why.
For me, it just reminds me that I can use it in coding. I know this sounds crazy, but maybe the one sign off button could be split into three. For those who don't care, selecting any wouldn't matter and you could have it turned off anyway. But, that would be one way to select one of the three. At least it would make you aware.
One of the things I loved about Logician Internet (and I am sure a bunch of them) was it would code for you. And, if you have a note (like today's viral meningitis) and it coded 99213, you could go back and change it until you got the proper 99214. I don't mean cheat. I mean you know that it should have been 99214. Maybe you should have done more ROS or your PE wasn't 12 things or whatever.
