The Angel Of the South
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For my practicode. When determining the "amount and/or complexity of data to be reviewed and analyzed" for the MDM level, what does or doesn't qualify as data to be reviewed and analyzed? I thought any kind of tests that get run and then studied would count.
In a case where I coded 99215 when the rationale says 99214, it says "Amount and/or complexity of data to be reviewed and analyzed: None." I thought "What are you talking about?", because the procedures were a resting EKG and a resting echo that obviously had to be interpreted. I thought the EKG and echo would count toward the level of MDM--they're data. They don't count, since the rationale says there was no data to be reviewed/analyzed? Then what kind of data am I supposed to be looking for?
(Tried to post a screenshot of it, but I'm getting a server error.)
In a case where I coded 99215 when the rationale says 99214, it says "Amount and/or complexity of data to be reviewed and analyzed: None." I thought "What are you talking about?", because the procedures were a resting EKG and a resting echo that obviously had to be interpreted. I thought the EKG and echo would count toward the level of MDM--they're data. They don't count, since the rationale says there was no data to be reviewed/analyzed? Then what kind of data am I supposed to be looking for?
(Tried to post a screenshot of it, but I'm getting a server error.)