When using only the components –history, physical examination, and medical decision making – to determine the overall level of the service for an E/M service performed for a new patient in an office or other outpatient setting, which of the following elements are required?
A. Only two of the three components - history, physical examination, and medical decision making – are required to support an E/M service performed for a new patient in an office or other outpatient
B. New patient requires only documentation of the intraservice time regardless of the documentation of the service
C. All three of the components - history, physical examination, and medical decision making – are required
D. The medical decision making is the most important to support an E/M service performed for a new patient in an office or other outpatient
C
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