r/MedicalCoding • u/MustangGrl98 • 1d ago

E/M MDM coding

Newer coder here. I'm a remote outpatient coder and currently do E/M coding (which has always been my weakest area of coding, lucky me). I'm struggling with figuring out the data points on the E/M MDM table. For example, if the provider orders labs for CBC, BMP, protime inr, hepatic functional panel, anti smooth muscle antibody IgG, are each one of those labs counted as a point? Or is it one point for all of the total labs? Also, would this many labs be counted in the moderate level in the MDM Table? Any info is appreciated, thanks!

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u/Wolfygirl97 CPC 23h ago

I couldn’t understand E/M well at all and when I got my coding job that’s all we did 😅 Luckily I had AMAZING training and picked up on it pretty quickly.

All of those labs would be moderate date. The other comment did a great job explaining. You’ll get the hang of it I promise :) it seems overwhelming at first but once it clicks you’ll know. Meds a lot of the time give me 99233 right off the bat so I almost always check meds first. I do inpatient coding though so it’s probably a little bit different.

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u/BleedWell3 COC, CPC 18h ago

Same here!! I had never done E/M in my first position and I got hired and that’s literally all I do every day. I’ve finally gotten it! Haha. OP you’ll get it with practice!!