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Wiki MDM - Complexity of Data

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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
 
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.
 
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