DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2025 Issue 5 (May)

Q&A: The doc’s practice did the imaging test. Can we still count it toward MDM?

Question: How would you count the following tests toward medical decision-making (MDM) in the following two scenarios?
  1. The physician orders an MRI at today's visit for the patient’s right ankle. His practice performs the MRI three days later and bills the professional and technical component.
  2. The physician orders a CT scan at today's visit for the patient’s right ankle and the CT is performed on the same date by the physician’s practice, which then bills the professional and technical component for the scan.

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