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Test Your Understanding of the 2021 MDM Guidelines

Published on Thu Nov 12, 2020

Question: The 2021 office and outpatient evaluation and management (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 pediatrician can count lab tests when the order goes to our [...]
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