Wiki ROV Guidelines

[stpat]

For an ROV visit, 2 out of 3 key components are required. My question is, doesn't Medicare guidelines require that one of the two has to be Medical Decision Making? For instance, if you have a Detailed History, a Detailed Exam and low complexity Medical Decision Making, then you would have to choose 99213 instead of 99214 if Medical Decision Making has to be one of the two.

 

[rryder1963]

CPT Guidelines

I believe Medicare follows the same guidelines as those in the CPT book. 2 of the 3 must be met; however, medical necessity must also be a contributing factor. Does the nature of the presenting problem, what it takes for the phyisican to work it up, and course of treatment constitue a higher or lower level of medical necessity. A good question for the doctor to ask himself would be "What would my peers do?" in the same case situation (must compare apples to apples!)

For example as work up/tx of a possible UTI in a healthy 35yo woman who has had UTIs in the past is most likely a bit less complicated than that of a 78yo shut-in with confusion and not other presenting symptoms.