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Monitor the Answer to This Drug Therapy MDM Question

Published on Thu Jun 24, 2021

Question: What qualifies as “drug therapy requiring monitoring” in the high-risk level of complications and/or morbidity or mortality of patient management element of medical decision making (MDM). Do patients on radiation therapy or chemotherapy who are continuing their treatment with no changes of meds or dosage qualify toward this level of MDM? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: To qualify for that [...]
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