CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

CINDY HUGHES, CPC

Fam Pract Manag. 2007;14(8):12-13

Cindy Hughes is the AAFP's coding and compliance specialist and is a contributing editor to Family Practice Management. Author disclosure: nothing to disclose. These answers were reviewed by the FPM Coding & Documentation Review Panel: Robert H. Bosl, MD, FAAFP; Marie Felger, CPC, CCS-P; Thomas A. Felger, MD, DABFP, CMCM; David Filipi, MD, MBA, and the Coding and Compliance Department of Physicians Clinic; Emily Hill, PA-C; Terry L. Mills Jr., MD; Kent J. Moore; Joy Newby, LPN, CPC; P. Lynn Sallings, CPC; and Susan Welsh, CPC, MHA.

Reporting a vaccine-only visit

Group visits and Medicare

Applying dressing to a burn

Shared visits as consultations?

Polyp removal during a colonoscopy

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