DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2017 Issue 6 (June)

Tally total time for same specialists to get compliant with critical care codes

Question: In the following scenario, is critical-care code 99291 payable for the attending physician and add-on code 99292 payable for a non-physician practitioner (NPP)? Here’s what happened: The physician spent 60 minutes with the patient providing critical care. Later that day, the NPP spent 20 minutes with the patient providing critical care. How should they bill? 

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