Specialties fare well with initial critical care services, struggle with add-on code
Among the five specialty groups that bill critical care codes 99291-99292 most often, the highest denial rate, for 99291 (Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes), stands at a reasonable 8.3%, which is what cardiologists tallied in 2014.
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