InterQual® Criteria status

In a medical review, evaluating criteria determines the criteria status as follows:

  • Criteria Met — indicates that medical necessity criteria are met.
  • Criteria Not Met — indicates that medical necessity criteria are not met.

Decision tree Criteria status

In products that display the criteria in decision-tree format, the status may be Criteria Met or Criteria Not Met. However, certain subsets have the following Met status:

Acute Adult subsets

The met indicator displays the following level of care that is met for the review:

  • Observation Met
  • Acute Met
  • Intermediate Met
  • Critical Met
  • Hospital in the Home Met

Acute Pediatric subsets

The met indicator displays the following level of care that is met for the review:

  • Observation Met
  • Acute Met
  • Intermediate Met
  • Critical Met
  • Transitional Care Met
  • Newborn Level I Met
  • Special Care Level II Met
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Level III Met
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Level IV Met

Subacute and Skilled Nursing subsets

  • Subacute Met
  • SNF Met

Behavioral Health subsets

The met indicator displays the level of care that is met for the review. Behavioral Health criteria have the following met indicators:

  • Inpatient Met
  • Inpatient Detoxification Met
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Met
  • Day Treatment Program Met
  • Behavioral Health Observation Met
  • Residential Crisis Program Met
  • Residential Treatment Center Met
  • Subacute Care Met
  • Supervised Living Met
  • Partial Hospital Program Met
  • Home Care Met
  • Intensive Community-Based Treatment Met
  • Intensive Outpatient Program Met
  • Outpatient Met