All codes comply with specific guidelines, standards and laws. Organizations including the American Medical Association (AMA), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) work to ensure that all regulations are being met....
4. When the reporting of an E/M service with modifier –25 is appropriate (that is, the documentation of the service meets the requirements of the specific E/M service code), it is not necessary that the diagnosis code for which the E/M service was rendered be different than the diagnos...