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Certified Professional Medical Scribe (CPMS)

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A medical scribe documents a physician's encounter with a patient for an established office visit. The physician addresses the patient's stable hypertension and performs a minor medication adjustment. However, the scribe's detailed documentation of the provider's workup and analysis only supports a lower-level Evaluation and Management (E/M) code than what was performed. This discrepancy, if billed at the higher level, is known as:
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