CPT Knowledgebase - Sep 30, 2021

The 2021 E/M guidelines definition of acute or chronic illness or injury that poses a threat to life or bodily function includes the statement poses a threat to life or bodily function in the near term without treatment. What is the CPT code sets definition of near term? For example, would a patient with metastatic Ewings sarcoma on protocol fit the definition of near term? In addition, if the same patient presented with neutropenia, would that change the severity of the presenting problem?

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