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‘Unique Tests’ Present 2021 E/M Coding Challenges

Published on Thu Dec 17, 2020

Question: The 2021 office and outpatient E/M guidelines for medical decision making (MDM) state that “ordering of each unique test” and “review of each unique test(s)” can be counted toward the amount and/or complexity of data to be reviewed element of MDM. Does this mean our provider can count lab tests when the order goes to our in-house lab and [...]
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