tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue 7

Critical Care: Nail Down the Answers to These Pressing Critical Care FAQs

Hint: Discharged patients may still require 99291 or +99292. Critical care coding happens in all settings – physician offices, the intensive care unit, and importantly, the ED. And what we’ve learned at ED Coding Alert is that although these codes are familiar to emergency departments, they remain a source of confusion. We collected the three most common questions submitted by readers and researched the answers straight from the AMA or insurers. Check out the following advice to ensure you aren’t reporting critical care visits incorrectly. Don’t Count on ROS, HPI Question 1:  We aren’t...

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