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Beyond the obvious changes- that History and Physical no longer taken into account based on level of which you can bill. It looks like there have been some changes to the MDM that seem to make it harder to bill for 99306?
Old guidelines showed that MDM was broken into 3 categories: Problem Points, Data Points, and Risk- you needed 2 out of the 3 to qualify for appropriate level
99306 (High MDM) could be >4 Problem points, >4 data points or High Risk
It was easy to get 4 problem points (Admission Dx, then 3 additional chronic illness that may impact rehab etc) and 4 data points (Labs, imaging, review discharge summary)
Now the new table for MDM has changed- the problem points classification has changed and so has the data points.
For 99306 you need- 1 severe exacerbation of chronic illness, or acute/chronic illness that may pose threat to life or bodily function (these are easy enough to achieve I think). But you longer can add up the number of problems being addressed.
Then the amount of data review has 3 categories- you can't just add up points of reviewed old records, labs, imaging, etc
The 3 categories are: 1.Tests/documents 2. Independent interpretation of tests (not separately reported) 3. Discussion of management or test interpretation with external provider
So, it's not enough to list hospital labs, summarizing documents, imaging- now you must include independent interpretation of tests and/or discuss with another provider.
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Old guidelines showed that MDM was broken into 3 categories: Problem Points, Data Points, and Risk- you needed 2 out of the 3 to qualify for appropriate level
99306 (High MDM) could be >4 Problem points, >4 data points or High Risk
It was easy to get 4 problem points (Admission Dx, then 3 additional chronic illness that may impact rehab etc) and 4 data points (Labs, imaging, review discharge summary)
Now the new table for MDM has changed- the problem points classification has changed and so has the data points.
For 99306 you need- 1 severe exacerbation of chronic illness, or acute/chronic illness that may pose threat to life or bodily function (these are easy enough to achieve I think). But you longer can add up the number of problems being addressed.
Then the amount of data review has 3 categories- you can't just add up points of reviewed old records, labs, imaging, etc
The 3 categories are: 1.Tests/documents 2. Independent interpretation of tests (not separately reported) 3. Discussion of management or test interpretation with external provider
So, it's not enough to list hospital labs, summarizing documents, imaging- now you must include independent interpretation of tests and/or discuss with another provider.
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