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Effective January 1, 2023, this information is no longer up-to-date. The material on this page covers only the 1995 and 1997 E/M guidelines and is no longer accurate. A new set of E/M guidelines was released in 2021, with some minor modifcations added for 2023. These new guidelines are now used to document all encounters in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. For the most recent E/M coding guidance, visit our home page here.

 

Risk is determined by referring to the table of risk which describes four levels of medical jeopardy : 
       

When referring to the table, the level of risk is determined by examining three separate dimensions of the encounter:

E/M University Coding Tip: The E/M guidelines explicitly state that the highest level of risk present in any one of the above categories determines the overall risk of the encounter.  Physicians often underestimate the level of risk as defined by the E/M guidelines.
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