A physician can base the level of an evaluation and management service on the time spent counseling the patient and nothing else.

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This statement is true. Under certain circumstances, an evaluation and management service can be based solely on the face-to-face time spent with the patient. There are seven components of an E&M service with time being one of them. E&M coding guidelines state that time shall be the key factor when counseling dominates (more than 50%) of a patient encounter.

A Physician Can Base the Level of an Evaluation and Management