tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 11

Quick Quiz on Critical Care Coding

No one wants to go to the trouble of filing a claim only to have it rejected, especially one as involved as the  typical critical care claim. Consider these scenarios and ask yourself: Should I report a critical care code in this situation? Compare your responses to those following the scenarios. Scenario 1: The physician documents 53 minutes tending to a critically ill patient, during which time she inserted a chest tube and a central line. In her notes, the physician points out that the chest tube and central line procedures took 17 minutes, with the rest of...

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