DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2016 Issue 9 (September)
Critical care office use plummets; urgent care picks up some slack
Critical care codes used to be claimed twice as often in physician’s offices — but a steady drop and a recent denial surge for 99291 (Critical care, E/M of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) has resulted in a 21st-century low of 4,982 claims utilization — and a high 56% denial rate.
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