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Count Test Order and Review for MDM

Published on Tue Feb 16, 2021

Question: If the surgeon bills an E/M visit based on medical decision making (MDM), not time, can they consider test results received on different dates of service toward the complexity or amount of data reviewed and analyzed that counts as an element of MDM? Missouri Subscriber Answer: Yes, you can count the test result review as part of the MDM [...]
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