Pay-per-view: Identify elements for appropriate E/M level
APCs Insider, November 22, 2013
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Medical necessity justifies E/M level selection. CMS defines medical necessity as the "services or items reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body area."
Medical necessity is often determined on a case-by-case basis. A patient comes in with a broken arm. A patient with documented history of osteoporosis will need different care than an otherwise healthy teenager who fell off a skateboard and broke his arm.
Patients who suffered a traumatic event, such as a motor vehicle accident, may need to be admitted while a patient who is injured in a minor accident at home may not.
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