http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/14/ShowForum.aspxenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/thread/39208.aspxSat, 20 Jun 2009 19:18:29 GMT06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:39208Christina Benjamin0http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/thread/39208.aspxhttp://community.advanceweb.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&PostID=39208<p>Body areas are like head, neck, chest, abdomen, back, extremity, etc.<br> </p><p>The organ systems are constitutional, eyes, ENT, respiratory(lungs), cardiovascular, digestive, genitourinary, integumentary(skin), musculoskeletal, neurological, psychiatric.&nbsp; If the item listed does not fall into one of these system categories, it is a body area and can be counted only in all cases, unless you are assigning a comprehensive exam under the 1995 E/M guidelines.&nbsp; Then the 8 that you count must be systems only.<br></p>http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/thread/39032.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 00:27:03 GMT06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:39032Yash Patel0http://community.advanceweb.com/forums/thread/39032.aspxhttp://community.advanceweb.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&PostID=39032<FONT face=Calibri size=3> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';">What is the difference between the body areas and organ systems for E/M coding? At what levels of physical exam do I count body areas, organ systems, or both?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';">Any input will be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></P>