CPT Knowledgebase - Nov 4, 2022

In regards to subsequent hospital visits, how will labs and imaging studies be counted for E/M in terms of Amount and/or Complexity of Data to be Reviewed/Analyzed for daily/Standing orders pertinent to their hospital stay? A similar question: Does the addition of parenteral controlled substances count as High complexity only on the day of the encounter where they are initiated? Or will it also count on the subsequent days the patient continues to be on those on these controlled substances?

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