AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 9 (September)
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions Evaluation and Management (E/M): Office or Other Outpatient Services Question: Regarding E/M Office or Other Outpatient Services guidelines in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) 2021 code set and medical decision making (MDM), when drug therapy requiring intensive monitoring for toxicity is performed and the monitoring becomes routine, does this routine monitoring support high-risk component of MDM at every encounter? Answer: No, although intensive monitoring for the toxicity of a drug is considered a high-level component of MDM, it is only one element of MDM. The CPT 2021 E/M guidelines specify that monitoring for the...
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