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CMS Allows Combination of 95 and 97 E/M Guidelines

For 16 years CMS did not allow the 1995 and 1997 versions of their Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services to be used interchangeably.  However, in September of 2013 CMS decided to modify this rule in a little known decision that is detailed in this article.  CMS now allows for history of present…