DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2024 Issue 10 (October)

Home BP readings for ‘white coat hypertension’? OK, but probably not RPM.

Question: I have a patient who claims “white coat hypertension” — that is, he says his home blood pressure readings are significantly lower than the ones we get in the office. He has a home BP device, a Pressure X Pro, that connects to the internet. Can I take a reading via this device? And, in addition to adding it compliantly to encounter notes, can I claim 99091 (Collection and interpretation of physiologic data [eg, ECG, blood pressure, glucose monitoring])?

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