Established patient seen in PCP's office for LLQ pain, diagnosis appendicitis, level 2 E/M, arrangements for surgery made and patient heading to hospital. Assign code with appropriate modifier.

The integrity of the medical record should be maintained by using which procedure? individualized passwords to gain access to the emr leave open on the desk those medical records that need attention allowing original medical records to leave the facility leaving a post-it note on your computer so other staff may use your computer and password