This is a patient in active treatment for substance use disorder (SUD), and UDS/ UDT is a medically necessary and useful component of chemical dependency diagnosis and treatment, which influences treatment and level of care decisions. Monitoring is required to determine substances which can impact the treatment plan, interact with prescribed medications or taking prescribed medications as expected. For patients with a diagnosed SUD, the clinician should perform random UDT and at random intervals in order to properly monitor the patient.
The frequency and the rational for UDS/UDT is on the following schedule:
1) for patients meeting their compliance goals and attending the clinic on a monthly basis, UDS is at a frequency of 1 time/ month
2) for patients not meeting their compliance goals and attending the clinic on a two times/ month basis, UDS is at a frequency of 2 times/ month