tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 7

Reader Questions: Bill Critical Care Under One PIN

Question: Our ED physician saw a patient in the morning for a critical care service. Later that same date, a different physician who was on-call saw the same patient for critical care services. I know that I should add up the interspersed critical care time blocks if the same physician provided the services for each episode. But how should I bill when one doctor signs off to another physician from the same ED, and this second doctor provides services for  the patient for subsequent episodes of critical care on the same date of service? The total time between the...

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