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Breaking News: 2022Preview and Current Issues Impacting GI Practice

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses various changes and updates in the healthcare industry. They start by mentioning changes to the Evaluation and Management (E&M) guidelines, specifically focusing on the extension of the public health emergency and changes to the ASC fee schedule and physician fee schedule for 2022. The speaker also mentions new CPT codes for 2022 and updates from different payers like UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna. They emphasize the importance of using specific ICD-10 codes and provide examples of new codes for toxic encephalopathy, esophageal polyps, and gastrointestinal metaplasia. The speaker also discusses social determinants of care codes and their impact on decision-making guidelines. They end the video by mentioning upcoming discussions on ICD-10 and HCC risk adjustment, medical necessity, pathology and ancillary services, anesthesia services, and the 2023 E&M services.

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Kathleen A. Mueller, RN, CPC, QMC, QGMC, CCS-P, ICD-10 Proficien

Keywords

healthcare industry changes

Evaluation and Management guidelines

public health emergency extension

new CPT codes for 2022

payer updates

ICD-10 codes

social determinants of care codes