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We are debating what this means. I am looking to hear others opinions on this or links to documentation of what it is. From what I can tell, added workup is testing, work, etc to be done to HELP DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS. Some others view it as any additional work to be done to the patient while in that docs care. (example: I am auditing consults for cardiothoracic group.For major majority of patients, the doctor knows they have CAD when the patients are referred over. Most, if not all, of the tests are done before CT docs ever see the patient. By the time they come to the CT surgeon, we all know that the patient has CAD and is a potential surgical candidate. Therefore when I am auditing in the MDM section, I have counted this as a 3, new problem no added workup. The doc knows the problem, the question is how to fix it.
Others say that the surgery to come is considered added workup)
What is your take?
Others say that the surgery to come is considered added workup)
What is your take?