Wiki MDM - Complexity of Data

[ksanthony]

Would ordering a nerve conduction study/EMG, upper extremity be considered one test or two in regard to complexity of data in medical decision making

 

[csperoni]

From the AMA guidelines:
Test: Tests are imaging, laboratory, psychometric, or physiologic data. A clinical laboratory panel (eg, basic metabolic panel [80047]) is a single test. The differentiation between single or multiple tests is defined in accordance with the CPT code set. For the purpose of data reviewed and analyzed, pulse oximetry is not a test.
So if the testing ordered would consist of 1 billed CPT, it is one test for data. If 2 CPT codes, then two tests for data.