A patient who requires complex chronic care management services must meet certain criteria. What degree of medical decision making and how many minutes of care management must be provided for these patients?

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Complex chronic care management patients must be considered to require moderate- or high-complexity medical decision making, as well as at least 60 minutes of clinical staff care management.
Straightforward and low-complexity medical decision making isn't complicated enough to entitle these patients to be considered eligible for using the evaluation and management codes for complex chronic care management. At least 60 minutes must be spent by a physician or other qualified healthcare professional in clinical staff care management to use these codes.

A Patient Who Requires Complex Chronic Care Management Services Must