E/M Companion 2023

The CPT E/M Companion 2023 is the definitive AMA-authored supplement reference guide to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT(R)) 2023 Professional Edition. It is designed to help users understand the changes to certain evaluation and management (E/M) services
how to report these new and revised or consolidated codes
and how to apply the revised and new guidelines effective Jan 1, 2023.

To enable consistency with the 2021 revisions to the E/M office and other outpatient codes, the 2023 E/M changes will provide users with a streamlined set of E/M guidelines that apply across multiple sites of service
revisions to code descriptors that reflect the structure approved in the office visit revisions
and a uniform Medical Decision Making (MDM) table for all the sites of services noted, as well as office or other outpatient visits.

This AMA-authored publication is designed with intermediate users in mind. Therefore, this publication's content is written and organized in a manner that will make sense to all intermediate users familiar with the E/M section of the CPT code set. To conserve space and to maximize the value-added content, this publication does not reproduce most of the tables or guidelines in the CPT 2023 Professional Edition.

In addition to the CPT E/M Companion 2023, the AMA has also created a special section for E/M 2023 in the CPT Knowledge Base. For more information on this you can go to ama-assn.org/cpt-knowledge-base.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS
CPT E/M Companion 2023 is intended to help users understand and navigate the 2023 E/M revisions that have been made across numerous service groups, namely inpatient and observation care services
consultations services
emergency department services
nursing facility services
home and residence services
and prolonged services. Hence, this book is divided into six chapters:

• Chapter 1: Inpatient and observation care services
• Chapter 2: Consultations
• Chapter 3: Emergency department services
• Chapter 4: Nursing facility services
• Chapter 5: Home and residence services
• Chapter 6: Prolonged services

Each chapter will cover the following topics:

• Changes for the affected services, including guideline changes
• Code group consolidations and/or deletions
• Reporting considerations

A detailed review of the changes, along with key practical coding and reporting considerations to support correct use of these new and revised codes, are included in this supplement.